Pokemon - RESHIRAM

I'm so glad I found this! I had a very vivid memory of it from about 2011, when I was really into pokemon, and I remember hearing you talk about a technique called glazing in the step by step...fast forward 9 years or so and I'm in art school learning about different painting techniques, like glazing. 2018 me can really see it, too, and it's blowing my mind a little bit that you did this digitally. May I ask what program you painted this in? Is the step by step is still up somewhere, or am I a fool who can't find it?

I think compositionally this is very well done - I love the way that touch of orange in the bottom corner draws attention to the smoky tail, and way the head and torso are silhouetted. There's a lot of cool light/dark interplay going on here. I'm also a big fan of the little bit of heat blur/glow on the wingtips, and the way you chose to handle the big goofy tail generator (which still boggles me a little bit). 7 years later, thanks for sharing. C: