@LqdGlw, digital illustration
A close-up a young woman with deep brown skin and a round face, her cheeks dusted with gold highlighter. Her thick black hair is styled in two large space buns wrapped in blue velvet ribbons, with baby hairs laid in swirls along her forehead. She has large dark eyes with long lashes and looks sideways over the top of a thick, open book held right in front of her nose, hiding the lower half of her face. Both of her hands grip the edges of the heavy leather cover, her long almond-shaped nails painted navy blue with tiny bronze stars. She wears a cropped navy-blue cable-knit sweater with a bronze V-neck collar, and small bronze hoop earrings shaped like crescent moons. Around her head, small illustrated constellations and astronomical symbols in metallic gold ink float against a textured dark blue paper background. Soft, even butterfly lighting from the front highlights her eyes, the bridge of her nose, and the gold shimmer on her cheekbones, casting a neat shadow beneath the book onto her sweater. The mood is playful and secretive.
