Zargothrax: For the record, she is wearing leggings, the one that comes with the Kvatch arena armor. Hard to tell on a monochrome sketch.

OgTariq: smexy

Dominik: Really good sketch

semiafro007: This is how Katia won in the battle of dances

APayne1776: Lovely

KuroNeko: This is great. The anatomy is so good, her body and pose look very natural, I'm kind of envious of your skills. Also Katia looks adorable as always.

Zargothrax: @OgTariq: @Dominik: @semiafro007: @APayne1776: @KuroNeko: Thanks!

Zargothrax: @KuroNeko: Technically I just used a study I found on deviantart as a reference https://www.deviantart.com/vixenkiba/art/-Pose-Study-01-Pole-Dancing-505722561. If you are good at gesture drawing, and have at least some anatomy knowledge, making drawings like these off of references isn't too hard (just don't trace, tracing is for losers).
I'd say making this was a lot more fun than doing the kind of drawings I usually post. It's like as you push more polish into a drawing, at some point it kinda falls over an uncanny valley. Sketches are like on the peak at the left of the valley, well inked, colored (and probably even shaded) drawings are on the right peak. As I make a sketch into a final drawing, I sometimes can't help but feel as the drawing was getting worse, and only after a considerable amount of work does it start to look better than it could have as a sketch. But that's a lot of time and effort.

Rick2tails: Katia is the best dancer ever!! :)

KuroNeko: @Zargothrax: I'd rather cut my hand than trace, the end result may look like shit but at least it's shit I worked hard to make.
and yeah I know what you mean, someties when I start inking my sketches, It feels like a downgrade and only when everything is inked, colored and shaded that I can see the improvement.

bluedraggy: I did a couple trace drawings. Yeah, it doesn't look good. Won't do that again.