This piece was made in collaboration with Harrison Haoqian Liang. We both came up with the idea, he drew the design, and I painted the final piece.
We're unsure exactly how long making the design took as we didn't time it, but with the designing and making combined it took over 100 hours (the coloring alone was around 60 hours as I recorded most of my painting).
(WIP) Painting the colors with a toothpick - this is sped up to 30x speed
(WIP) The painting is done and drying
(WIP) It sparkles beautifully in the light