Shadowrun: Stormfront, Lesson 2

Welcome to Lesson No. 2 out of 4 in my series on what I learned during the trials and tribulations of my recent commission. This lesson, oddly, is that sometimes you just got it right. Remember last time, when I learned not to show the character's backs to the viewer? Well, as Missy Elliot says, sometimes you gotta flip it and reverse it.

David! There's nothing but backs, here! You fell into the trap you just figured out how to climb out of! The key here, just as it was last time, is focus. I needed to have the priest as the focus, so he became a larger part of the whole. Here, I'm doing an illustration on 'some soldiers' using giant bug spirit monsters as target practice. Since the focus is the bugs, it becomes more about what the soldiers are doing, and less about who they are as individuals.

My AD loved this one from the get-go, and just told me to execute the finish (no pun intended). So here goes:

I think this one turned out to be his favorite, and it is one of my favorites, too. Atmospheric touches, like the sunlight glaring on the second shooter's hands and the sandy middle ground, as well as all the gross little details on the monsters, really came together almost effortlessly on this one. I wish every project were so easy. But then, we'd all be artists if this stuff were easy. Not to mention, I have no time to slow down! Two more to go, and I've already spent more time than I thought I would on these!