A bajillion hours. This was done for the Battle of the Sexes (Gentlemen vs. Ladies) Thunderdome competition over at conceptart.org. The guys and girls were given different topics - the blokes got "Loss of Innocence". I'm not sure how the voting is supposed to be tallied, but to be honest, who wins and who loses doesn't really concern me too much. I just wanted to push myself to my very limits and get a decent portfolio piece out of the process.
I'm going to start doing more illustrations from now on for the simple fact that I need to be doing more of them. In order to become a successful concept artist and illustrator, I need to get used to pumping these out as often as I can. Sure, studies are vitally important to my growth, and I will continue to draw and paint from life, but unless I test myself with these more creative endeavors, there's no way I'll be able to break into the field I want to be in.
I learned so much doing this piece... working out a composition, developing an effective coloring process in Photoshop, learning how to use different types of layers, experimenting with rendering different surfaces and textures the list goes on and on. I feel like I'm ready to tackle an even bigger and better piece... in fact, I'll go get started on that one right now!
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