a little bit more info to this piece: Jean Park (aka. Reeacat) worked with me on the concept, and the initial idea development stage together. when we started working, i started with the environment first, to set up a lighting and color scheme, while Jean did an excellent job with the posing sketches and anatomy. costume design is also a part of the concept, a fairy like character in the fantasy environment. The job was divided up so the two of us can perform to the best of our abilities, i was the environment artist while Jean worked as the character artist. to summarize things, we painting this side by side from the beginning to the finish and gave help and suggestions to push this piece to a higher level. Jean is an awesome character illustrator, we will sure see a lot more of her work in the near future while i work on getting her to post things on the internet.
although in the end we were quite pressed against time, we did manage to have this in at the last 10 mins mark before the march 1 dead line. of course i feel a bit more time to polish would help, but in the end i am very pleased with the result, and it's such a great enjoyment to work with a partner on this one.
i love the background!
the contras is really caller... i like it !