This was a commission for a private client, fanart of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. The clients request was to reference the original design. All the main elements, such as request for brighter background and including black feathers, are done according to commissioners wishes, but I also had plenty of artistic liberty. So I tried to stick with elements that would fit the character and the story. I think this is the longest I've ever spent on painting special effects or magical stuff. I tried using special brushes to speed the process but they just didn't work, so I ended up painting everything by hand.

All in all it was a pleasure working on this commission, and it was surely something thematically different comparing to my latest personal works. This was a nice challenge as well, working with the limited color palette and visual elements and to make them seem balanced.

I worked quite hard an repainted quite many parts in this during the process, and I'm still not completely happy with it. But I do you guys like it nonetheless, I think I will do something related to autumn next ^^

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