Gaia

This one took longer then planned but I went over the top again and spent more time then planned.  I included two different versions so it would be nice to hear what everyone thinks works better.  I'm sure it will be split down the middle just like when I posted two different versions of the picture with the sparrows.  This started as a sketch in the park, and that all it was supposed to be a quick sketch to see if I could draw a near realistic, pretty woman's portrait without a reference.  It's easy to draw monster and fucked up creatures because you can just makeup whatever you want and create your own anatomy, and if I screw something up it may turn into something that I hadn't thought of in the first place, but with something realistic you have to make sure everything is in the right place and the right proportions.  What started as a quick sketch turned into a long sketch because I locked myself out of my apartment and then what started as a sketch for a painting turned into its own fully finished piece.