My entry for the ' the journey begins' challenge. Usual technique i think; blocked in the colour, select the main areas where the light is hitting and paint them in on a on 'overlay ' or 'screen' layer. Lots of flattening of layers and then getting back to very traditional painting really. Massive amounts of dodge and burn smudge like a crazy person. Make up a bunch of custom brushes... Finally lots of playing around with depth and stuff using ajustment layers ( contrast, levels etc ) I was for once quite pleased with the results on this one. But i think the composition lets it down.