Official winner announced and completed commission!

A little over a week ago I started a raffle, the prize being a Steemit themed avatar or artwork created specifically for the winner!

Id like to thank all those who entered for their support! So thank you :3

The winner was @jazzhero and here is what they won!
I finished this commission a lot sooner than expected.

I contacted them, announcing them as the winner! They have been super supportive, and I am thankful !

@jazzhero gave me alot of freedom to do what I wanted! Initially asking for a bard elf, I asked for more to go on ! Here are the elements I was asked to include in the artwork!

• A character resembling Rami Malek
• Imagine mixing an elven bard with sax
• Maybe a pet. To represent steemit maybe a minnow or a fish (in the air) dancing along the bard's playing.
• Include the colour blue

I was super happy to have so much to consider! and to draw!

1 - I begun by sketching the body, I kinda skipped a step and refined the face abit too early.

2 - I slowly start to build up layers of detail using line.

3 - After cleaning up my lines I begin painting solid areas of colour. I tend to use colour palettes that are too big? I do use random colour generators! they are helpful and challenging!

4 - Much like my line art i build up colour slowly, layer upon layer. Replacing the older layers or merging them with the refined layers.

5 -I continue refining the tone, for the most part I used a dark green for the shading tone. To build up tone gradually I use a brush on a low opacity. I quickly changed the direction that the elf was facing; a good tip to go by, for checking proportions, is changing the direction of what your drawing to see if the proportions still look fine. Also I wasn't happy with the hands, they looked like blobs, so I redrew them.

6 - I had drawn this fish well before this stage but I didn't want to refine them until i was happy with the focal point, the elf.

7 - I applied all the same techniques I previously used to colour the fish, I went back and erased the fins slowly to create a sense of transparency.

And well here is the final in all its glory XD Did I mention I am not use to drawing men?

I hope you enjoyed this post/process.
I hope you have a lovely day !