phew, glad this one is done. it was a real slog honestly, and took considerably longer than my normal pieces for various reasons.

honestly, i kind of phoned in a couple parts of it towards the end (the jewelry/gold and some aspects of the sword didn't get quite as much attention as i intended or as much as they deserved).

that said, i'm very happy with the composition, the pose, and how the magical effect looks.

i think my next piece will probably be less ambitious.