Commission- Desolate Angel

Please full view it. The preview is so wonky

Oh look! I finished an actual piece that wasn't just a practice spoof :0 SHOCKING! For some reason, I just simply cannot produce lineart during seasonal breaks or when not at school. Go figure. It must be the free time involved! SAD, but true.

Anyway, as the title suggests, it's a commission. It's a continuation to the previous one, that being this one: [link] of ~Escafanatic421's character Archael. Actually, it's still Archael, but in a more demonic form, now dubbed Molaphenolese.

Here's the story behind the character:

It was a tragic day in heaven when God was murdered, no one was prepared for the calamities that would result and in a flurry of confusion the angelic hosts performed a mass inquisition trying to find the killers. There was one, a general named Archael, who saw God in His last moments and became permanently soaked in His blood. It was then that the Archangel Michael fell upon him and accused him.

There was no trial, and Archael, Bearer of the Seven Celestial Balms, was cursed with the demonic name Molaphenolese and imprisoned in a realm of eternal darkness. He eventually freed himself to the mortal plane and this is where the villain came into play.

While suffering in the Dark Prison, Archael/Molaphenolese forsook his warrior passion, feeling that it did not help God in His greatest hour of need and was therefore worthless. As a more caring, nurturing soul was
born, the warrior was left to fester deep in the subconscious.

With his isolation the Forsaken Angel’s mind has gone rotten, seething with rage at the human masses. Did they so much as flinch when their God died? NO! They merely went on with their lives, poking at religion with hardly a care and going astray.

-~Escafanatic421
Read the story: [link]

You know who to call if you wanna know more!

Anyway, concerning more technical aspects, I tried a different coloring style on this image. In fact, those who have been watching me for a while know that I've been attempting to paint instead of cell shade. I think I managed that in this piece, compared to previous tries anyway, and I'm very content with the results (and so is Esca, so ladida!).

There are watermarks on the image because well, the one at the bottom is that easy to remove :\ and yeah, y'know, it's a commission >_>

Coloring style used is pretty general amongst dA anime artists but if you wanna know how it was done, note me or something Yeeeeah...

I think that's all.

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Approx. time: who cares, I don't remember! (which means a long time, yes?)
Tools: mechanical pencil 0.5 (sketch), Photoshop CS2+Wacom Intuos3 (everything else)

Photoshop tools used:
-Brush
-Smudge
-Polygonal Lasso
-Eraser
-Gaussian Blur filter
-Levels
-Hue/Saturation
-Lighting Effects
-(probably something I can't remember)

Molaphenolese ©~Escafanatic421
Image ©=ikeda

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Enjoy! Feedback is always appreciated 8D