Sandalphon, The Second Chance - (Concept Phase) (Patreon)

This month has been a little crazy for me, so I've been failing to post on time and I'll be packing these updates close together. The painting isn't being rushed, it's already almost done. I'm just slow on sharing right now. 

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With this one, I was originally planning on doing three figures together in the scene. The two halves of Sandalphon would be standing at the sides of their companion Azrael, Angel of Death. 

When I walked away from this drawing in the evening, I thought I was on a good track, but when I looked at it again in the morning I wasn't satisfied at all. Azrael wasn't in the pencil sketch and the process of adding him in was throwing off whatever dynamism existed in the original drawing. Making changes like this is a departure from my normal work process and extremely risky for me.