WoW Art: Warlock Blood Elf

Been a while, but I finally am getting around to doing some personal/fun artwork. :D
This is (YET ANOTHER) fanart from WoW - I will be moving away from it.... at least that's what I keep telling myself but I know better. *ahem*.

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Download a widescreen wallpaper of the art here (updated to better quality)

I remembered to screen cap this one throughout the process. :)

The rough sketch - My goal was to distort the proportions and go for a more stylized look. I wanted more personality in this picture. Attitude! I didn't expect her to be a DDD-cup. Yeesh.

I make a new layer and refine the shape a little bit more.

Yet another layer and sketch on the clothes. I had a lot of fun with this one - this outfit is based off of the old PvP "Season 2" set. In my opinion the best looking gear-set they ever made. ;)

ANOTHER layer, and start working out my linework. Next time I'm going to go back to doing this process all on one layer. It has it's benefits doing it this way, but it's also kind of tedious...

Time for color! I rough in the background and start shading the form. Way too many layers for this one.. >.>

Working out details.

I went back and adjusted the background, and then the colors of the dress. The dominant red BG was over-powering the figure, and didn't help with backlighting much.

And.... i forgot to screen after that. Once all the color was in place, I smooshed all the layers together (except the BG) and added in lighting details and refined many of the edges. I also colorized the linework to make it blend better.