Back to sketches because nothing else is turning out ok
This was nice and relaxing to do; about five hours, I tried to stick to one layer but cheated a bit by putting the background rocks/water and the lotus detail on his robes on a separate layer just in case they went terribly wrong.
I’m afraid I lost where I got the reference from (and google image search proved unhelpful) but I believe it’s an official behind-the-scenes still.
More colour/light studies, one day my brain will return from the war and I’ll be able to do something proper again.