This artwork was for a paper mini, which is why there's not much perspective.I wanted a female fighter in a suit of armour that was fairly realistic. Being an elf, I also wanted the armour to be somewhat exotic, but I did want to avoid the common tropes and cliches seen in other popular andrecent elven armour designs. The other element was the sword. It’s quite popular to arm elves with fancy guardless katanas, and that’s definitely something that I did not want to do here. Instead she’s wielding a more elegant scimitar-like design with a swept hilt like a rapier. Initially I wanted to go for an action pose for her, but after a few variations I decided I prefered her calmly standing and ready for a fight instead.You can see the paper mini in action here:The paper mini is part of this set: www.rpgnow.com/product/181111/…