Battle Cry

Here's a cool down sketch I did tonight while watching "The Sacred Blacksmith" anime. The theme song got me pumped up to draw this. However the anime itself is bothering me a little. The fact this female knight needs to be constantly saved by the male lead character and that ,while she is determined to be successful, she simply cannot hold her own in battle. Also at first she wants to be a great knight so she can protect people of the city, but then her motivations turns to showing this guy that she can fight (which she clearly can't). I find the 'I'm doing it for an obvious forced love interest' plot to be boring and adds nothing to the characters. I also find no amusement in the fixation the show has on her breasts : /

But ranting aside! Here are my girls, who are perfectly capable of holding their own in battle. I Decided to slap a color down and do some lighting. No references were used for the poses or the lighting but that's why it's a wind down sketch. Done with Non-photo Blue pencil and Pocket Pentel Brush Pen on Bristol vellum.