Secrets Of The Fallen

Upon his exploration of the temple, the adventurer comes face to face with the last Guardian of this fallen civilization.

Painting process

Once I completed  the colour test thumbnails, I realized the surrounding environment was lacking some context (I wanted to show more elements of the temple, such as columns, rock fragments, ceilings, etc.) In order to fix that and have more thumbnails options at once, I decided to use Blender to slightly change the composition of the image and show a broader camera angle. For the giant in the back, I used Zbrush for block and posing. 

After finishing the black and white thumbnails I decided to run a color test over two compositions, making some iterations along the way before the final painting/refining.  

I started this contest with the loose idea of a fallen civilization being discovered by an adventurer. Later I decided to add guardians to add more to the story. 

Reference board