studies for next Illustration

This is some studies I'm doing before I go to the illustration itself. This will be Tiger Kung Fu warriors. It's kindda cliche, but I hope it will end up good. The contest is for Chinese Zodiac, I was born on a Tiger year and I feel like a fighter these days, putting effort to improve myself, so that's why I combined both.

 tiger study

tiger skull

monk drapery study

thumbnail sketches of the composition and pose

I'm going with the last one, but still gonna give time to think more about it.

value portrait study

2.5 hours study - values

I played a lot with the brushstrokes