Snake Charmer

This took me about five days (4 or mroe hours everyday) to colour from start to finish.  The actual sketch took maybe two days, and about an hour to ink it.  I think I'm going to go to the trouble of inking most of my work from now on. It certainly has an aesthetic appeal to it.  This was inspired by the theme week "Something wicked this way comes." and was drawn on the last day of the contest, but I wasn't quite done so I didn't bother rushing through it to try and submit it.

Whole time I was colouring it I was listening to Nox Arcana (helped set the mood) listening mostly to the album "Blood of Angels" (I love your voice Michelle!) but also listened to  the albums "Carnival of Lost Souls" and "Phantoms of the High Seas."  I aimed for a moody, slightly gothic feel to piece, with a touch of old Victorian.

There's a few things I'm generally proud of: the boa constrictor for one thing, I am very proud of that.  The shading on her skin also, I'm happy with.  Looking back though, I'm starting to think that the shadows should have more reddish, instead of purple, undertones.  Suggestions?

Brush credits goes to :

http://imaliea.deviantart.com/ (silky scale brush)

http://kalijean.deviantart.com/ (brocade brush)

http://seleneheart.deviantart.com/ (flourish brush)