I was very lucky to work with my friend :Scootley: on this design, He is the Pandaren expert so he helped me go through a long sketching process to make sure we've tried everything. It will be very fun to see what the masters at Blizzard come up with. It will give me a clear sense of where I am compared to the people working my dream job. There was some frustration over restraining myself from going into far too much rendering to keep the concept art look and that's where I lack the training...
Here are a few of those sketches and the final results: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aRN6Ok