Astral Braids

Made as a raffle entry for a user-hosted event on DV (the design of the braids + headpiece here belongs to Tish#6567 on DV).

I took this as an opportunity to practice a few things, including braids. Last time I drew braids it had a similar dynamic arc as here, but it became very stiff, and I struggled a lot with determining where the next part in the braid would be in relation to the other parts. This time I used a technique where I drew a zigzag line first, which helped both in shaping the braids, making sure they followed the pattern correctly and were less stiff (because I was drawing the line first, instead of building the braid piece by piece without a line or thought to how it would actually flow).