Since archery poses are so notorious for being misrepresented in art and movies, I decided to spend an afternoon watching men's recurve world champion tournaments before tackling this. One thing that stuck out was how they loosened their wrists after each shot to help the recoil, kind of twirling the bow in the process. The entire flow of that gesture was so elegant I just

to draw it.

Well...

I can't really draw arms and hands so I ended up backing myself into a corner...

but it turned out ok =w=

Commission of Dianthus Itsaul & Asher Mesian ($85)

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