Laika's Mech

EDIT: SUPER HIGH RES version here ---> [link]

For the love of god, FULL VIEW!

Here is a concept image for my short comic I am planning. I finally came up with a mech suit for the lead character to pilot. In fact, this is the latest incarnation of an old character "Robo Chick"... the female figure featured in one of my first wallpapers called "Mech Pilot". [link]

I am really happy with the mech, I think the shoulder gun looks really cool... I just like the overall look of it. Kind of like the machines in the game Oni. The background took me the longest... like many many hours over two days. But it was well worth it... I think it turned out really well. I gridded out the roads, and drew in every light, from windows to street lights, to car tail lights. I had lost my patience by the time I got to the foreground... which is why there are no busted up enemy tanks. In fact, the foreground is IMO the weakest part of the image.

Still... I think this is my best image I put on DA yet.

Done in Photoshop CS over several days in MANY hours with a 12x12 WACOM graphics tablet.