a freelance commission work done for my ex-boss from my holiday job for his graduating project in visual communications. he designed a game and got me to draw the poster for him. honestly, without him the perfectionist, i would never have realised how unprofessional i am in handling art, in the sense that i usually do not stare at the picture hard enough to pick out flaws (i don't even look at them again after it is done...call it a strange aversion to finding mistakes in my already 'completed' work...)
so i am very glad to have someone on my back telling me that the lace/crochet is too smooth, her hair line not even, the beads 'float' on the hair instead of acting according to gravity's command... of course it is quite exhausting mentally (on my computer too!! it's not used to handling big files i guess.... very delayed reactions...) but now, looking at the finished product (he is satisfied now! HURRAY!) i am very glad that i stuck through everything... the fruit of hardwork tastes the sweetest. and this shall be my most edited-before-submission work ever~
OH YES more about the character. she is supposed to a merchant, selling jewels and the like.. and can you guys guess from whom did i referenced the face from?


2480*2508 pixels.... the BIGGEST i have ever drawn. the fullview version here only shows 30% of the actual size...
photoshop. intuos 3 tablet. i started working on this since last thursday. but i've had a busy week, so no continuous effort, but the total time spent on this should sums up to about 30+hours? i am not really sure though.... time flies when you use the smudge tool in photoshop.....