When I finished Bastion a week or two ago, I just -had- to model the little intro pic with Kid sitting on a rock, cuz I liked it a lot. Been working on it on and off since then, and now it's done.
Handpainted texture, diffuse only, no lighting.
Here's the pic that the model is based off: [link]
is it possible for you to post how the diffuse map looks? i am so amazed at how stunning hand-paint looks on a 3D model *- * did you paint in Photoshop and went back n forth a lot? O:
That texture is brilliant, hope you keep all this stuff in a portfolio - I think it would you put you in good light for modelling jobs, but love the painted texture. Great style.