Aloy tickle -- Horizon Zero Dawn commission (Patreon)

This commission was completed about two weeks ago, but was in the works for a while. It's quite a big piece, and stretched my abilities in a lot of ways, but I am really grateful to the client for ordering a piece with such a cool idea, and it was quite fun to work on it for them. c:

This was a real tough one to do, since I had to design the spider robot myself, using references from other robot creatures in the game. I looked at 3D models of the robots to really visualize the aesthetics of the composite machinery, so I could come up with something that looked like it fit in that universe. I had to balance that, however, with being practical with my time and staying within the bounds of the commission, because I could technically spend hours and hours just drafting up a spider robot, and never get to actually drawing it, much less Aloy and the variants.

Overall, I'm happy with this piece, but because it was done right on the edge of my technical ability, I can see myself improving beyond this quite quickly, which is how the cutting edge of any skillset works. c:

What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.