Hey guys.
I'm currently taking a break from the illustration. but here are my thumbnail sketches for comp and mood + lighting.
after I made all 3 I still feel I'm gravitated to the 1st thumbnail sketch but compared to the two others, I feel that this one is just strong on lighting and mood but story-wise its non existent just cool pose and lighting
2nd thumbnail sketch I really love but after I made the 3rd one I realized the 2nd thumbnail sketch feels really static and boxed in.
So I went with the 3rd one as I feel like its dynamic , has story and has right balance of mood between all 3.

Here is just a few sketches I made trying to figure out how to draw sword trails / lightning trails to connect the sword to the shield visually. was later applied to the third illustration thumb

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thanks everyone for the interest on my entry! I'm not sure if I can post any more illustration updates after this . maybe when its at 50%? , I'll see what I can update with !
best of luck to everyone!