“Beelzebeth” is an illustration for an e-book cover. The client already had the background, Title and Copy Blurb but wanted the main character created and dropped in place. Obviously the style had to match the photo-realistic background and the lighting needed to conform to existing parameters in order to maintain consistency. The face and reflection started out with a lot more detail and then were progressively darkened to enhance the sinister mood. This meant obscuring and actually losing a lot of the detail work that had been painstakingly created. The face  and reflection were painted in Photoshop then layered into the PSD file at 360 dpi.

Image Courtesy of G.L. Freeman