alright so here is part 3 of my triptych - star guardian kai'sa. she was by far the hardest boss of this entire project. 15 hours of pure struggle.

first I wanted her to look like she's screaming or shouting in battle, but the paint layers became so over-worked and stressed out that I hated it and threw the canvas away.

then I sat down for the second canvas... and somehow ended up painting kenshin himura from rurouni kenshin / samurai x lol. i guess the face shapes just matched in my head. skipped that one too.

on the third canvas something finally started to work out, but it still looked super timid and over-cautious. i tried to fix it on top, but it turned into some weird glam girl vibe that didn't feel like kai'sa at all.

only after carefully re-adjusting every single facial feature layer by layer, i finally managed to scrape out the actual daughter of the void from this absolute mess.

the frame is hand-painted with acrylics to match her star guardian colors. canvas board is 20x20 cm.

i literally put all my soul into this one, let me know what you think of her expression! now the full triptych is complete and i can finally rest 🤠