Another Cupid and Psyche illustration

Here's the scene that follows last weeks illustration.  Although for some reason it feels a bit stretched out...I'll have to check on that.

and here are the breakdown images.

Psyche Discovers Cupid

I've been working on this piece on and off for the last couple of weeks.   I thought I'd put up a breakdown of how I worked on it.

I had a rougher sketch before this.  I refined it, figuring out better posing and started figuring out the lighting.  I also broke down Cupid's pose to get a grasp of how everything worked together.

 I created a gradient background to get a better idea of the overall lighting in the piece.  I also started a rough clean up of Cupid.

Laying down flat colors to get some idea of the local color and overall idea of what I was going for.

I started refining and getting a rough clean up of the drawing.  I moved Cupid's lower wing to a more comfortable looking position.

I did a final clean up line freehand so that it would have some variation in line.  I also put down a neutral background to lay the flat color on.

 I put down the final flat color and set what color the shadow and light would be (the two color blobs next to Psyche)

Here's the final piece.  I laid down the shadow and light and set their layers to different modes.