First of all, I want to say this is my first attempt of using the coloring and smudging method. Anyway, I felt in love with the picture and I wanted to wall it. But, I notice boogiebro already
use this scan to make his wallpaper. (his it's so amazing)

Anyway...

I was very anxious to use this scan, I really wanted to make it my own.

What I did is recolor the sword and CG to make it blend more realistic. I also added
text on it. I found a font that was perfect for the scan.

Basically, my whole concept of this wallpaper was to make it, look like the original scan but with a different twist, I wanted it to look like a painting.

BTW..

I was to envious to tried something different. I play around with photoshop and tried a different approach. I decided to add mist surrounding the sword... Just to give it more detail. The background I vector it first then I recolor it and added details. So, I'm very happy with the results. You can comment I hope you enjoy this version of it.

60 layers+

10 hours