@khulim @zora
Thank you both so much \m/

Feel the clock is ticking really fast 0_0
There's so much I have in mind about the final artwork

I'm pretty much happy with this ...
Key elements were created based on their meaning and aesthetics in the final composition.

This going to be really tough. Either I bit more than I can chew or I'm being overambitious +_+

Will need to speed things up..
But at the same time I'll have to think carefully as to how I should bring everything together.

Keeping fingers crossed.

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The Divinity Staff ..

I think overall design "might" change in the final artwork, but nothing major. Will have to update the concept sheet as well.

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Back view complete.
Lots of new stuff added ..modified.

Next, search for a reference pose.

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Finally found a reference image that fits well with what I have in mind.
However, as you can see, I didn't like the position of her legs ; maybe I could have worked out something with the same pose, but then again.. I wanted to play around a bit and see what can be done to make her more "uncomfortable" or tensed maybe. So I used the biped in 3dsmax and tried to match the pose in the reference photo with the proposed sketch.

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Did a rough line work and key light setup.
The Wings though ... might change .. let's see what happens.

For now, this is the lighting that I'm aiming for.

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Mood setup and Shading progress.

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More red! .. need to break up robe smoothness ; I guess I'll leave that for later.

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One of many crucial parts .. her face.

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Hey thank you so much dude !

Thanks a lot Samuel !!
Tons of stuff left to do .. hope I get there man

Time to bring In the divinity staff .. this will give me an overall view of how each of the element(s) need to interact / play around with the scene.

Next...shading work ( .. FAINTS [¤_⊙] ...)

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Progress really slow
Getting difficult to balance office work , house work and this piece.

Trying to pull through...
Anyways ... I'm experimenting with flow and few effects.
Somehow I'm not getting that particular "feeling" or mood .. need to change the overall shading to punch up key colors.

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Getting somewhere ...

Weird combination but it's working .. quite dark though _
Will fix all that much later.

Slowly building up robe flow .. lots of tweaks needed.

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