This was done basically to get reacquainted with my paint and brushes beyond the general washes I've been doing of late. I went a lot more quick and dirty than I will for the final versions of the Stalker Variations illustrations, but I'm getting the feel for it back.
You can see the sketch
here if you'd like to compare.
This is connected with the ragged shred of a
story I posted with another sketch a while back. That brings up another flabby muscle I may begin to exercise at some point...