Hi there!

I'm really glad to be part of this competition and contribute to this cause. Looking at the list of participants I can tell this is going to be something awesome and unique!

I choose the Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang) for my piece. I've been wanting to draw something with this cutie for a long time and now I have the chance.

The concept is to show the Loris in a playful attitude with our planet, to create a joyful and innocent bond between them two in a metaphoric way. Comments are welcome!

Here goes the color sketch. I added more space all around the main elements and made the Loris smaller compared with the planet. Now I think the grass at the bottom looks too simple, I will replace it or mix it with something more interesting, maybe some rocks or another type of leaves so this wont be the only color sketch I guess.

Some adjustments on the color sketch. I replaced the grass for a desert, I think it has a more dramatic impact. To add extra details on the story behind the image some of the rocks will have subtle carvings of human procedure, maybe they are reminders of cultures long time gone. Comments are welcome!

Here is the clean line art. After deciding to go with the previous sketch with the desert and the stones I defined with detail eveything that will go on the composition, in this case the Loris shape and the stones in the ground. I always make the line in a sepia tone which will blend much better with the rest of the color than a black line.

Blocking the basic color areas of the image. Keeping a copy of them in a separate layer can be helpful to make selections in the future.

After the masks were done I applied photographic textures to the image, basicalle to the stones and the Earth globe. This one was a tricky one: I wanted to create a texture that resembles soil or stone but with something organic to it so I had to combine many different textures before achieving the one you see. I also added the sky which is a basic render I made in Eon Vue and then texturized and retouched in Photoshop. The Moon was also painted in Photoshop.

Comments are welcome!