I've been working on getting a good 9-5 routine now that I'm working at home. My mornings are usually dedicated to studies and freelance(?) art- I don't really feel that I can call it freelance cause I'm not earning any money from it yet...

But my afternoons are being dedicated to what I'm naming 'portfolio work'. Which means I'm finally trying to take doing a portfolio seriously! I think the reason I haven't put together a good portfolio yet is because I still haven't got to the stage where I feel like I'm good enough to 'show off' my work. As well as this a large body of my work that I upload is literally studies and copies of photographs, and there's no point putting those in a portfolio!

To save the pressure of starting something new and from scratch I decided to repaint my final Queen Jadis concept, since I've always really liked the design but the more I look at it the more I hate the execution.

Queen Jadis original concept

Preview of my new concept illustration.

 I decided to work the pose a lot more to give her more of a powerful presence (as she is actually a force to be reckoned with, especially when she's in her home world of Charn. I'm also working into the details way more than I usually do, partly because its 'portfolio work' and partly because I think I need to spend more time and effort on my paintings because its clearly paying off!

I also gave her a bit of a change of colour in her dress, the royal blue and red just looked to typical and boring!

What do you think? Do you prefer the first version or is repainting it a good call? Are there any other paintings of mine you'd like me to repaint? Let me know in the comments!