I turned my old drawing of Angkor Wat in Cambodia that I completed as a project for my portfolio to attend Digital Media Arts College into a painting over Christmas break. Happy New Year!

Step 1
I opened up a really old folder of some of my first digital artwork I completed in Digital Media Arts Project, and wondered why this wasnt given more attention.  Since my school doesnt believe in Spring or Thankgiving breaks. I decided that I'd work on it over Christmas break and release it as my first project of the new year.

My vision for the drawing was to embrace the whole mysterious, ancient feel that a lot of MMORPGs are going for. So I got some inspiration from a show on the History channel showcasing some of the most amazing structures made by man. Being a game developer, when I saw the temple I was immediately reminded of a tech demo with the Unreal Engine, and decided I had to draw this.

Step 2
Base values are established,  more dark values are added to give the illusion of real life lighting.  Some color is added.

Step 3
Color is removed, and the focus is put on exagerating the black values and giving the piece a more eerie look. 

Clouds and atmospheric fog are added.

Step 4
Final swatches of color are added and the drawing is complete.