Hello again!
I'm here with another digital piece from my Study series. As you'll be able to tell from the WIP shots, I was all over the place with this piece. I could picture what I wanted the final outcome to be, but getting there was through trial and error. There are elements I didn't know would be in it until they came to mind. This seems to be a common thing with me, which is why my initial outline isn't as definitive as the final outcome.
There was a certain story in my head while I was drawing this, I pictured a little girl whose mother was a Space Explorer. Her Mom unfortunately died when the little girl was a baby, and she grew up hearing stories of her Mom's adventures in space from her Dad. Growing up while listening to those stories of exploitation and new discoveries, she was inspired to follow in her Mom's footsteps. Her dream finally comes to fruition when a government-initiated program designed to foster and promote Otherworld traveling and discovery in young kids, by taking them to space opens up and she is among the chosen. She is gifted the helmet by her Dad, a constant reminder that her mom would've supported her dreams.
For the fantastical element of this piece, I referred to an old drawing I made of Jelly Fish, I tweaked the curves and color balance to make duplicates.