Ben Barnes again

Ben Barnes, yet again...

After "Voyage of the Dawn Treader" my crush for Ben Barnes was rekindled..! I sighed all through this painting.

I can't tell how long it took... I got tired of it, felt frustrated, disappointed, excited, so I stopped over and over again.

I also approached this painting differently than what I usually do. I used a bunch of brushes... all of the ones that Photoshop has from default with all the funny shapes and did not smudge anything at all. So the result is different from what I usually work with it but I liked it.

I tried over and over again with different background colors... but did not like anything. So eventually I kept the original color... it looked natural.

Photoshop CS5 and Wacom Intuos3.

Used a reference from a wallpaper found here [link]