Self-Portrait as an elf/own interpretation of Altmer. Adobe Photoshop CS6 with Wacom Intuos.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is my all time favorite video game. I've played it on Playstation 3, Steam (PC), and I am currently playing it on Playstation 4. From possibly all five characters I've ever made and played, only one was an Altmer and the rest of them Nords. Gee, to cut to the chase: I'm spending way too much time on Skyrim again.
It was only supposed to be a warm up exercise with strokes and all, which you can see on the face, but I liked it too much to delete it, so I worked on it.
The main source of the inspiration is, obviously, Skyrim. I edited a photo of myself which I took during a snowy day. I decided to take it to the next level and came up with this:
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