This looks amazing <3 I love the colors, and the way to kept the focus on his face while everything else is softer. Very well done :3

It's amazing how this one commission has made my heart leap of joy four times already. xD First the sketch, then the low res, the full res... and now when I was not expecting anything at all, I see this version in my mail that somehow really brings some new life into the picture! I frigging love the original version to begin with and couldn't bring myself to leave an intelligent comment on it and just ended up staring at it for many moments until I snapped out of it, made it to my new wallpaper for my desktop, and stared some more at it. :D
BUT THIS VERSION MAKES ME EVEN MORE SPEECHLESS THAN THE LAST ONE DID AND I JUSTDFGHJKAFDFGHJKJHGFRGHJKLHFGHJKJG HO SHI-GFDSFGHJKLHGFDSASDFGHJKLÖJHGFDSFGHJKL IT'S. FRIGGING. <i>BRILLANT.</i>

I can really relate to the look in his/her/(it's?) eyes