The Phantom Inker

Muse really liked this one.

When @color-me-club posted their latest lineart contest, "message in a bottle," this idea just struck Muse right away. I was on vacation and far from my mouse at the time, but as soon as I got back, I started drawing almost immediately, and a half-dozen drawing sessions later, this picture is the result.

Where is she? Who is she? What's going on? What's in the bottle? — sorry, you get to decide the story this time! The only thing I'll tell you for sure is that the centaur girl's name is "Ellie."

Because this is for the @color-me-club contest, the lineart is far more detailed than usual to make up for the lack of color; and also there are two versions of it! The first is the "finished" lineart that I'd want for myself, where her mouth and eyes are shaded a little; the second version has no shading at all, and the colors and shading are entirely up to you! And since it's a fantasy scene, every color under the rainbow is a possibility! (Also, it's G-rated, so everybody can enjoy it!)

This is exported at 6000x4000 pixels, which clocks in at 12"x8" if you print her out at 500 DPI. This picture is free to download and save and color and distribute any way you want — it's licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. And that means you can print her out, make posters, put her on T-shirts and mouse pads and coffee mugs, and even put her in coloring books and sell them. (But the original will always be here free!) You'll notice my usual title and "phantom-inker.com" logo aren't in the corners, either — it's just pure clean line art.

(But if you do something cool with her, please do consider commenting here or sending me a Note, because I'd love to see what you've done!)

I hope you all like her, and I hope the contest judges do too! ?

(Update: Ah, well, didn’t win. But I still like her.)