Update ! So I changed the changed the guys in the background
I think that I spent too much time detailing them since these details will not be THAT visible after post-processing and all
Tomorrow I'm going to put the patterns on Nariko's kimono, and work a little on the background walls. After that ? Just some details, tweakings and post-processing, to add some movements and all.
I'm close (yet so far) to finally finishing it. I don't know if I'm happy with it, I guess I am , I think I've just stared at it for too long ^^

By those on the front, do you mean the bottom left corner or the right corner ? If the right, would it be because I forgot to draw part of their shadow being projected on her kimono ?

Thank you!
Woops ! I didn't even notice these shadows were this dark
It must be an old layer I enabled by mistake (I failed at keeping them organized )

Now that you mention it, I think you are right about the floor being too perfect, I'll work on that

So, hello again.
Here's what I've been doing today. As I planned yesterday, I worked on the walls and applied the cloud patterns on Nariko's kimono (That. Was. A. Pain. In. The. ***) I also tried to work on "unperfecting" the floor
(Please dont mind thoses orange dots in the lightning area, I juste painted as place holders and will make it look better later.)

There is still a lot I have and want to do : Putting the lightning emblem on her kimono around the shoulder, add some dust particles, light reflections around the hair, etc etc...

ALSO !

Before going even more in the details I wanted to check real quick what the final illustration could look like with some quick post-precessing. And I need an opinion on that ^^
Here are 2 versions of it.

So here's the thing I initially wanted to add motion blur and other to add a little more depth to the illustration. Thats's what I did here :

BUT I believe that, as I gain in depth, I lose in details, so I tried without the blur :

And I can't make a choice... What do you think ? I Think that, either way, I will keep the motion blur on the first 2 water soldiers to show the impact but I don't know about the rest of the scene...

Thank you ! I'm gonna try every options after I'm done painting the final details

As for the shadows, I'm not sure to understand what you mean exactly (I still have some trouble with english) but I scribbled something real quick to explain the way I casted the shadow.

I've always had troubles with lighting and shadows so I might have done something wrong here.

I think I can finally call it done now !
There are a few things I wanted to keep working on (like her face, something's bugging me, I just stared at it for a whole hour in my bed last night trying to figure it out... I just can't be as satisfied as I am with the faces concept illustrations I made when I started ) but unfortunately I won't be home until saturday evening, and since I don't know the hour when the contest is officially over I am going to stick with this final illustration !
EDIT : NEVER MIND i just checked the contest page, i'll be able to fix it in time I think

It was such a challenging contest ! It made me go beyond my comfort zone and it allowed me to discover some amazing artists ! THANK YOU !

(I still want to make a little animation of this illustration, I might post it here )

Ok NOW I'm done ! 5h left but I'm finally done.

I tweaked a little bit her nose. It changes nothing to the illustration but at least nothing is bugging me anymore

Oh yeah ! I also made a little lore page, just because I wanted to but didn't have the time yet !
Now everything done

Hi ! Just posting to share with you a little animation I did for this illustration !
I wanted to make it look like one of those animated splasharts in League of Legends (without as much knowledge as them )

I might try to make a speed painting / process video of this but I forgot to record a lot of painting sessions