“I’m searching for a person I hardly know, in a place so far from home, and I don’t even know where I’m going anymore. I followed their trail, as just as Kodine told me, but all that remains are footprints; the footprints of the one he announced my engagement to.

“Ezrail would never have decreed such a thing; freedom of choice was at the centre of his beliefs. With his death, however, and Kodine’s ascension into power, comes a dark time for the Noble House of Hrakken.”

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At roughly 70 layers, and an original size of 2220 X 2580 pixels, this takes about two minutes to save.

I’m really proud of this… it took about two weeks to do, on and off, between other things (I PROMISE NOTHING…. It’s funny how whenever I say ‘I probably won’t be doing any highly detailed artwork’ always turns into ‘HEY LOOK WHAT I JUST CRAPPED OUT!’ (Despite being proud of this, I still appreceate critiques; regardless of whether or not I change this image, I do keep them in mind for later pictures, so they're greatly appreceated!)

Anyway, I also discovered that it’s really hard to reference wrinkles when the clothes you’re using for references are the ones you’re currently wearing.

Brownie points if you can figure out where the two arrows are pointing!

Image, etc © Zero

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*EDIT*
Wow! D.D.?! thanks so much to Davecheesefish for suggesting it and thanks Skifi for featuring!

i feel so loved C:

(i promise i'll try and respond to everyone's comments, although it might take a little time )