Completion Date: 07-04-13
Time Taken: 8 hours
Media:

• Sketched and inked in Paint Tool SAI
• Color, textures, and watermark added in Photoshop CS2

Music:

• Lascia ch'io pianga - Rinaldo (1711) de Georg Friedrich Händel - Farinelli
• Night Is My Sister - Wendy Lashbrook
• Ave Maria - Tarja Turner
• Lucia Di Lammermoorr (il dolce suono) - Vitas
• It Doesn't Matter - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Everything Burns - Ben Moody feat. Anastacia
• I Will Be Here - Tiesto feat. Sneaky Sound System
• Trøllabundin - Eivør
• The Voice (Ireland) - Eimear Quinn

Comment:
Some of you may be familiar with my version of Pridelands OrgXII, Marluxia - http://soulspoison.deviantart.com/art/XI-Marluxia-175118222 ,well since then he's gone through some more changes. Not too many but yeah~

A while ago I had a massive crossover AU rp going with a friend of mine in which Marluxia was a Prince of the kingdom of Galbadia. Most everyone in the land could shift to the form of a lion through magic or by birth rite depending on the bloodline. I'd been thinking about doing a sort of royal portrait of his lion form for a while and figured now is as good a time as any! I was going for an almost old oil painting on velvet look with it, and I'm really happy with the result.

Artwork, Marluxia lion design © 2013 P. Gaither (SoulsPoison)
Marluxia © Square-Enix and Disney Interactive, Tetsuya Nomura
Textures from http://obsidiandawn.com
239 nouveau corners 01 from http://tigers-stock.deviantart.com/art/239-nouveau-corners-01-208645782
Acrylic Gold Paint Swirl Stock from http://enchantedgal-stock.deviantart.com/art/Acrylic-Gold-Paint-Swirl-Stock-51550988
25 Gem brushes from http://soulspoison.deviantart.com/art/25-Gem-Brushes-373563534
212 Royal Lions from http://tigers-stock.deviantart.com/art/212-Royal-Lions-205099434
Do not use without permission; Artwork and character copyright P. Gaither (SoulsPoison); All rights reserved. Do not alter, copy, and/or redistribute under penalty of law.