the piece took me roughly an hour. i referenced an artist ref image challenge for the prop and outfit. i cut out james' wings and tail, because while cool they arent very photogenic and tend to crowd piece- i usually always either substantially shrink them (they have to be preeeeeetty big to actually fly) or cut them out entirely. its hard to tell his glasses are see through and his eyes look off as well. i think i also forgot to actually add anything to his scars so its just colored lineart lines which doesnt look great

i experimented with the lighting but admittedly got pretty lazy at the end, i didnt define the lighting enough and made it too yellow, and should have added deeper shadows. the bars of light dont really capture the depth or the clothes or the pose of his body well enough either. maybe i should have added a bit of a glow or some floating dust captured in the light (you know what i mean?). i originally tried to have the bars of light continuing but then i had to define a platform and establish more depth, etc etc. it didnt look nice anyways so after awhile i just cut it out anyways

i hid his hand in his pocket and didnt even really draw the pocket correctly. i cut out the feet because they were super difficult to draw but it ended up emphasizing the rest of his body more and thats good. ill admit the fanny pack was kind of a doozy. also im really looking for a new way to do lineart because i dont quite like look it has now, but i would need hours and hours of practice to paint and im not looking forward to that. also clothes texture and wrinkles...