Worked on this again a while back, and although it's not finished, there is some value and color progress. Used a gradient map to establish base color foundation. I haven't looked at this for at least a month, but I'm still pleased with it, which typically never happens with my work, so I suppose I should take this as a sign and update it even more in the near future when work and freelance slow down a bit

Quick sketch tonight. Didn't think about this much, just started putting shapes and colors down. The piece changed several times in a matter of minutes. Experimenting with motion blurs gave me the idea for rushing water, rocks became lily pads, and eventually added the blood running down stream. Not a polished piece by any stretch, but it was fun to let my my and body run wild for a bit.