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Below are steps of my progress from initial sketch to the near final product
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Halfway through I decided I didn't like the features on the face (except the eyes) so I started again.
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Digital painting inspired by a character called Sonea, from The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan. I think it took me ±60 hours to do this (… mostly due to my slow computer)