It'd been a while since I last did any digital painting so last night I decided to do a little. Well a little turned in to a lot. I'm rather pleased with what I eventually came up with. It's no where near perfect and it's just sort of a rough draft, but I hope you guys will like it. I also am including progression pictures.
Basically I based it mostly off the NC Guass. I started out by getting the shapes down and some basic shading. I then I added more detail and lighting effects. Finally I colored and textured it.
I posted it on the official PS2 forums and someone made some suggestions so I took it back to the drawing board for a bit and made some changes. And tada! Here you have it: