ehhh i don't like this version. i'm just experimenting, im still not done with this piece. i'll continue to mess about with it for a while.
edit: i've messed around with this piece and rather like it now.
i like the version i did before a lot more than this one.
total time spent: 3h 3mins (23 minutes on the sketch, 1 hour on the unshaded lineless version and 1 hour 40 mins on the painting experiment version.)