Tetsuko - floating

The second of three illustrations I'd completed for the now-shelved 2010 swimsuit calendar.

Water effects are hard! But I like how this turned out, and I hope you do too.

Actually Tetsuko couldn't wait to change out of this suit when the photo-shoot was finished. "Too many straps!" she complained. "Made me feel like I was being tied up!" She should know better than to make comments like that; they give me ideas!

Commence "buoyancy" and "flotation devices" jokes in 3... 2... 1...

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