I wanted to attempt some more interesting lighting than I usually use, so I went for an extreme-overhead light source, which I think also helps with the overall mood of this piece.
The color-shifting effect is a seperate layer with the Blending Mode set to Color, with rust red, purple, and blue painted in by hand with a soft brush. It’s set to about 45% opacity, so the ‘natural’ colors are just tinted a bit, rather than have them be very very saturated with the color overlay. It produced a very nice effect that I really like with the symbolism of Ethre, Gara, and Styx’s respective colors. She has this choice between the two men presented before her, and yet both are equally a part of her, and important to her in many distinct ways.
All in all, very evocative, and I’m proud to have this as the cover for the final chapter of Garanos.