#copy study

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Sketch & Grayscale body & grayscale backgrounds: 10h

Grayscale hair: 1h

Overlay body: 2h

Overlay backgrounds: 20m

Hard light & butterflies: 2h

(1) sketch

(2) grayscale

(3) overlay colors

(4) hard light colors

note to self after adjusting while comparing with the original image: Increase the strength of the perspective on the background, and turn down the hue more to make clearer contrast with the character (focus point of the composition). Sometimes lower saturation makes better first-glance readability