Yet Another Portrait of Zhalar

Maybe some day I'll think of a better title. I'm open to suggestions.

I treated myself to some digital art tutorial CDs for my birthday from the Digital Art Tutorials website - [link]

This started as a pencil sketch. I used smudge, dodge and burn in greyscale mode to create the value "underpainting" then digitally coloured it. I consider myself a fairly proficient Photoshop user. The tutorial offered me some insights to using the programme in ways I hadn't considered before. I guess it's that fine edge between Amateur and Professional colourist?

Zhalar is a character I've role played since 1993 in a variety of different settings. He's my main in World of Warcraft on an RP realm. Loving the Cata expansion. I was ambivalent about it at first, but once I figured out all the Priest healing changes, I fell in love with the class all over again.