I actually started this about a month and a half ago and was slowly picking at it between commissions and such, like I usually do. For what I normally do with art, this is actually pretty simplistic; I actually kept the backdrop details to a minimum this time. The blue energy did not pick up well in the scan, so here and there its too faint to see properly. The real thing looks just fine but hey.....scanners. I need a new one. *sigh* I probably could have fiddled with this for many more days, but yesterday after getting it mostly to where I liked it I determined "enough is enough" and declared it finished.

He was part of a cabal of elves that thought it would be a dandy idea to explore a distant plane but instead got their directions crossed and ended up in a plane of ice, causing them to all die swift deaths. Many of the errant souls that still retained cognition found themselves bound to this plane and became elementals. Problem is, even though this state is preferable to outright death, their new "souls" are constantly trying to merge back with the plane that altered them in the first place. To keep this from happening, these ex-wizards and artificers created magically-formed suits to bind their own essence to.

Done with Prismacolor markers, Stabilo pens and chalk pastel dustings on smooth Bristol. 9x12 Character and initial concept belongs to and final concepting done by me.