Sorry, it turned out I was coming down with a cold last night nd went to bed early so here it is.
I wanted to get this done before Christmas - and VOILA!
I am so damned impressed with this this piece, the lighting was a real pleasure, surprisingly. I wasn't sure if I was going to give up with it and decide it was just too difficult right now. But, at no point did I get annoyed with the drawing/colouring - just my computer lagging.*
I've added some detail shots as his face looks too dark in the non-printed version.
I will get back to characters for the mean while, they're faster and I'm hugely busy the next two months. I think I will be drawing Meryl and Revolver Ocelot next not together.
*Note for all of you, I have multiple files for large paintings with many layers. When the file gets too slow I save it in a new name and flatten some groups that I'm happy with. This one ended up with 3 PS files!!