Here is a story character from a friend, Daniel.
Cerberus possesses a person every so many hundred years. Cerberus is the guardian of the gates of hell, which is Earth. Demons and Angels both try to take control of the gates of hell. Cerberus is supposed to keep the angels and demons who also possess people, and return them to where they belong which is what the keys are for, the gates of hell.
All free hand painted from scratch. I'm not sure does it fit as all free hand painted because I reproduced the texture on the stone wall base on the floor that I already painted. Same with the tree, I painted the bottom part and then just use stamp tool regenerate some more texture on the upper part of the tree. I only did half of the gate door, another half was just copy and past.
No reference for the background or clothes but used myself as a model from head to toe for the reference of the figure. I used to stand infront of a mirror as a still life posing and painting at the same time. Believe me, that was a pain.
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BTW, I do not trace and have never ever done anything using photo elements or photo manipulation in my art. So please don't ask me about using photo manipulation again. Thanks.
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