So here's an example of what I'm going to be doing all this week. I did the background first, then for the free speedpaint I added this character in here on a boat. I really liked working with the unique lighting here, and I want to be able to do more interesting stuff like this for the rest of the week.
The character featured here is Darkenn's character Drake. He's on a very relaxing cruise through the bay and to who knows where.

overall this whole thing took about 3.5 hours in Adobe Photoshop CC

character © Darkenn

art © me