This is a painting I've been working on for the past week, it shows my main character Menewa on his home planet.

For this painting I wanted to see how my characters design would look as well as the colours of his outfit and armour.

I also focused on the environment, The Pronaxian home planet is a cold mars size planet close to the axis of evil, but their planet is very old and is basically evaporating because of its weakened gravity.

The planet also is heated from a volcanic core, explaining the mini volcano you can see on the lower left of frame.

I have begun studying the effects of light and snow through James Gurney colour and light book which was a great help for the rendering of the snow. I wanted to show the snow as having been there for a while, not fresh, as well as melting on the trees.

For the lighting I placed my main light source on the upper left, however lighting this setting was tricky as I have read snow is extremely reflective so I didn't place as much shadow in this piece as I normally would.

Overall I'm happy with the painting and the rendering of my main character, I wanted him to have a less clean futuristic look and make him feel as though he belongs to that environment while looking like an alien from an advanced civilisation.

I wanted him to look more customised than futuristic, I was influenced a lot by the Sioux Indians and I wanted him to be able to blend in for his hunting trip than standing out with too many intricate glowing pieces.