Santa Claus Dancer 2012

This is the fifth edition & fourth re-draw of the original drawing of my conceptual "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town Dancer", that I've done back in the year of 2008.

Oneday in Autumn 2004, while I was in my bedroom, listening to some "Holiday/Christmas" music and also watching my "Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing-a-Long" video, I was having a daydream, when I was performing in a Christmas/Winter dance recital, and dancing to Fred Astaire's version of "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (as heard in the classic Rankin/Bass television special: [link]), in a costume/outfit exactly like this.

I'm very happy of how this came out, especially with the colors & shading. I hope you all will enjoy!

The lineart for this artpiece was started on in November of 2012, and completed & submitted in December of 2012.

Drawn on 11x8 1/2 sketchpad, with a No. 2 pencil (and in my own traditional art style), fixed, cleaned-up, colored & shaded by using Adobe Photodeluxe Home Edtion 3.0., and finalized on MS Paint (for thin boarder, text effect, and artists' signature). The background was made and added on by using Adobe Photodeluxe Home Edition 3.0.

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (song) was written by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie in 1934 and recorded by many various artists
"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (TV Special) © Rankin/Bass (1970), Classic Media
"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (character) © ~Sweet-Blessings (Myself) 2004-present
"Christmas Lights n Snow" Background © *YuniNaoki - [link]
Artwork & Character © ~Sweet-Blessings (Myself) 2012

Also view:

Original 2008 version: [link]
2009 re-drawn version: [link]
2010 re-drawn version: [link]
2011 re-drawn version: [link]

Reference picture: [link] (for character's similar physic pose & facial expression)

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