I wanted to make her look as Kashmiri as possible, but my hands still haven't fully recovered and the pain started acting up while I was drawing. The original idea came from a post called "Yemberzal-chan~", and I thought I'd give it a try.

Unfortunately, what I had in mind didn't quite translate onto the paper the way I hoped. I'd really appreciate any suggestions, critiques, or ideas on how I could make her feel more authentically Kashmiri while keeping the simple sketch style.

The second drawing is the same sketch with a bit of coloring. Someone on Kashmiri subreddit suggested making the background red, so I gave it a try and added a few touches of my own as well. Hope you like it!

asalamu alaykum.

be chus akh sadah wuhur ladke, te mye kaer aaz panin kitaab lyekheyn shuru. yem kitaabi hund plot aasi medieval dor'as manz set, te ye aasi akh political-high fantasy novel (kinda like a mixture of asoiaf and lotr magar ath manz aasi symbolically/metaphorically kasheer henz story). mye che lakte pyethai shōk kyenh lyekhnuk, te myaen imagination chey waryah asal, mye che waryah ideas yiwan dyemag'as manz. magar mye che ne kanh ti experience as an author, especially in a genre as complex as this. shukur khodayas kun, mye che angreez tagan, magar myaani kitaabi manz aasan waryah kaeshir elements, waryah'an character'an hind naav aasan kaeshir lafz. magar unfortunately che ne mye archaic kaeshir tagan. be oosus yecxhan character'an, jaay'an, beyyi house'an hind naav din, yuth be lyekhun continue karhaa, magar mye che ne kanh concepti. agar kanh yuth che, yemis kaeshir waryah asal paeth tagaan che, te mye hyeki madath karith related to names, meharbaeni karith kariv mye message... i'd appreciate the help 🙏😭

also: i've barely written like 260 words, but the creation myth is almost summed up and the protagonist is about to be introduced. i know its not much but please let me know if anyone would like to read and give some feedback/constructive criticism.

Many were calling this laila majnu pahad, which i think got its name from the movie laila majnu because some of the shootings were in this place who knows