EDIT: Finished piece:

I've finally gotten around to getting started on my submission! This is based on an a skin concept I had for Nami back in the summer. I wanted to see a darker skin for Nami since all of her existing ones are bright and very pretty.
Here is the original sketch and paint, which I ditched shortly after attempting to color:


I wasn't happy with the direction of it and after not working on something, you kind of lose interest. I revisited this idea after this contest was announced. I created a character sheet of the skin idea with lineart with really rough colors:

Will post WIPs of my art soon! Completely commited now after posting. :'D
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Rough sketch:
Cleaned up sketch:
Base color:
Rough rendering:
Will update more as I go~
Good work!