Firstly...

Okay, for my veeeeeeeeery first post, something I'm proud of...
I'm a nerd. It's true. (Hah, maybe this wasn't a good one to start out on. BEAR WITH ME!) And Kingdom Hearts, despite its weird combination of battle and disney characters, is something I still can't get over. It's... amazing. So... I challenged myself to something I'd never tried before: Accurately reproducing an image... while still making it my own, somehow. And let me tell you, this one was awful. The sky was done with a digital airbrush and extreme, extensive applying of the dodge tool via Corel Painter Essentials 4. YES, it is hand-done... while being digital. I used a pen tablet, but... I did use a line tool for the buildings (my hand isn't THAT steady). And after several layers and attempts... I couldn't figure out the fire. It took approx. six hours to complete, all with extensive re-checking of the source image... I tried to make even the bricks the same. It's not perfect, (I'm only human,) and there's one or two off spots, but... all in all, I love how it turned out.

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