This is another work in progress. This time I'm "reaching out". I don't quite know what to do with it now but I'll upgrade this page as soon as anything happends.

You can download an animation of the process here (541kb, DivX4).

first sketch

refined sketch

the basic shadows

more compact and colored shadows

backlight and better defined shadows

added color and detail

temporary background

(click it)

Temporarily abandoned...