"Diwali": Final Bina Update

It's an amazing 25° here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and there's about an inch thick sheet of ice on a majority of the streets here! A perfect opportunity to finish up my latest portrait.

Here I've added the shading to the arms and added the flame or "light".

Added the glow around the flame and a yellow halo and lower the opacity of the starburst pattern.  At 100% the dark starburst is over-powering and I want to give the appearance of coming out of the darkness.

Here I've added small bright yellow and orange highlights onto the eyes and added a bit more detail to the jewelry on the finger and wrist.  Also added a bit of yellow and orange highlights to the hair.

Add my signature and we have the final piece.

I really do like Manga Studio 5 and looking forward to creating some more challenging artwork.  One thing I really like is that you're not limited to doing everything in just Manga Studio.  You can still export your illustrations to Photoshop as layered files to edit and then reimport them back into Manga Studio and vice-versa!

That's it for now!  If you're interested in purchasing a print you can do so here:

Diwali by ~Kryptoniteking on deviantART