A Prayer for Goddess

Completion Date: 03-11-13
Time Taken: 16 hours
Medium(s):
+ 05 mechanical pencil (HB graphite lead)
+ Ticonderoga Drafting pencil (Non-photo blue)
+ Inked in Paint Tool SAI
+ Color, additional touch-up, textures, and watermark added in Photoshop CS2
Music:
+ Aura - Yuki Kajiura - .hack//sign OST
+ The Image Theme of Xenosaga II - Yuki Kajiura - Xenosaga II
+ The Ancients - Two Steps from Hell
+ Fire Nation - Two Steps from Hell
+ In Other Worlds - Azam Ali
+ Austin Wintory ~ Journey OST
+ A Prayer for Goddess - Masato Kouda, Tetsuya Shibata, Satoshi Ise - Devil May Cry 2

Comment:
Last overdue commission for the sweet and patient, Izisio~
I was so thrilled that he was interested in a Nuevo style commission from me, and one that made my little Art History nerd spaz with joy. o u o He specifically requested an ancient Sumerian theme featuring symbols of the goddess, Inanna as well as dark colors and period accurate jewelry/clothing. I took some liberties with the clothing as he's supposed to appear sensual and powerful, but without the naked part and the jewelry is a mix of museum references from google and my own herpderpary.

This was actually a really tough challenge for me in regards to color. I can't tell you how many times I changed the colors because they just looked wrong/didn't match/etc. but eventually I managed to settle on these. = u = *exhausted, crawls away*

^{Artwork © 2013 P. Gaither (*soulspoison)
Izisio © Izisio
Textures and Star brush from [link] and `hibbary
Inanna stamp from [link]
Inanna/Ishtar star stamp from [link]
249 nouveau base frame 01 from [link]
Moon brush from unknown source, comment to credit!
Do not use without permission. Artwork copyright P. Gaither (*soulspoison), Character copyright respective owner; All rights reserved. Do not alter, copy, and/or redistribute under penalty of law.}