Mother's Day Commission for a Friend

A digital portrait of my friend's mother as a Holy Knight kind of character. Going back to realism after such a long time was challenging and rewarding. I conquered my fear of rendering metal and became more confident with color choices.

Final Image

The Armor and Sword are what I am most proud of in this piece.

Initial Sketch

Deciding Colors and Establishing Light

Working on the cape/Rendering the face.

Armor focus.

Bringing the form together. Sword was revised but sadly that progress photo was lost to a Windows update.