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Moonrise Temple

The figure walks calmy, serenely, across the bridge, gazing up at the pearly moon as a gentle breeze stirs.

A piece for worldbuilding, and for getting to grips with a different painting approach.

Finalised painting, with the windows from the thumbnail finally added.

Finalised painting, with the windows from the thumbnail finally added.

Initial thumbnails for the piece: I chose 2 as my base.

Initial thumbnails for the piece: I chose 2 as my base.

3D basic scene, made with kitbash models in Maya.

3D basic scene, made with kitbash models in Maya.

Initial paintover to establish large base values and fix things such as missing items of clothing or leaves.

Initial paintover to establish large base values and fix things such as missing items of clothing or leaves.

First total paintover: initial attempt at shading using soft brushes.

First total paintover: initial attempt at shading using soft brushes.

Second total paintover: refined shading using harder edged brushes and defined areas of colour.

Second total paintover: refined shading using harder edged brushes and defined areas of colour.