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The very first idea that came to me was a simple house with a ladder that went up to the clouds but I thought that would be kind of tacky or cliche.

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This was the very first sketch of the actual project. I had only decide on a pond and the lady sitting on a cottage roof.

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Here I started blocking in color that would sort of dictate the values that I wanted for the piece. I have also implemented the waterfall at this point.

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I decided on what color I wanted the girl to have. I decided on a simple reddish brown scheme to complement the greens in the back.

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This piece was quite hard since I do not do backgrounds very often. I struggled with finding the right perspective of things.

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As you can notice in the previous one, I changed the forest into a cloudy background which ties in with the very first brainstorm that I did. The reason for this was because I wanted to give off a more secluded feeling.

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At this point of the illustration, I realized that my color choices were starting to look dull and monotonous, so I decided to change it up a bit.

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When I looked at it closely, although the clouds looked better aesthetically, I realized that it didn't really serve a lot of narrative, in terms of the story of the illustration.

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Coming to the final stage, The last thing I did was add the light to tie in the piece together and that is it. Not the best but another learning experience.