Piety & Wickedness

Monarch of Duality was the excellent theme for the big CHOW (Character of the Week) #300 challenge over at conceptart.org a while back. Needless to say, I couldn't resist giving this one a go. The piece below is what I came up with.

I've also created a little GIF animation, to show how the artwork evolved from a pencil sketch into the finished painting.

The Dark Queen

My winning entry to the MyFX Weekly Challenge #171 "The Dark Queen".

Watch out for this piece in ImagineFX Magazine Issue 58, going on sale on the 1st of June in the UK... 3 to 4 weeks later in the rest of the world.

And here's the sketch...