This image has been a two month labor of love. I started it in December, got horribly frustrated with it after a week or so, and put it away for a bit. I worked on it off and on at the beginning of January, but finally pulled it out and finished it in the last few days.

Yes, he has a story. No, I'm not telling. Yet.

There is SO much detail in this image. I'll post close ups in my scraps later.

Male model is referenced from the wonderful [link]

The painting in the back was inspired by Reubens and 's Leda.

Most of the textures here are hand made, though I borrowed one or two from [link]

This is a record breaker. It tops out at around 90 layers in Painter. (hooray for new computers!)

Also, major thank you's to for their help