The theme for today's drawing: Lush and windy valley where the population rely on power from sophisticated windmills and crop farming  to survive and trade. The character in this setting is a odd-ware trader/merchant.

My 3 thumbnails of the valley as described. :)

#1 (top): The final piece which i chose for the composition. I was trying to focus more on the "lush and windy" part of the environment, hence, i added printed leaves which seem like they are falling peacefully. 

#2 (bottom left): My windmill looks ridiculous. :( I guess i am still not that good at drawing it from a different perspective. It is supposed to be more of a front view and the windmill should look tall. Failed badly for this piece. Another thing i focused on was to emphasize on the crop farming in the valley. Added the crops neatly in straight lines to show this. 

#3 (bottom right): The first piece which i started on, so please pardon me for the very 2D windmills. Drew really thick crops to show how lush the valley is!

My colour composition!

I love this piece! Spent alot of effort on the clouds and crops/ grass. It was not easy at all to create realistic clouds. But i think i did pretty well and got the hang of using the tools such as opacity and flow. The opacity was really important in creating layers. 

Spot my tiny character beside the windmill! Had to fix it in proportion to the windmill, hence the size of it. Nevertheless, i spent alot of time in colouring my character before placing it in the composition! Had to choose the colours carefully in order for it to match the environment well. 

I used red colour for the character's weapon/ rod to symbolize the power of the weapon. Red tends to instill fear and means danger/ alert. Cyan blue for the cloth around the rod to add a contrast to the environment/ background of the lush valley. The bright blue would bring more life to the character/ whole combination. Different shades of grey and brown to add a tinge of ruggedness in the character and also to blend him into the "village" feel of the environment. His top is mustard so that the whole outfit would not be too loud for the environment and not too dull. 

What do you think of my final composition? :)