Seeing an announcement for The Last of Us Part II was a significant surprise for me. Even though I've pondered a lot on the first game's ending, it gave me a somewhat unresolved feeling. So the idea of a continuation filled that void, and it formed this image in my mind.This piece was quite a unique experience - my art is usually rather colorful and stylized and rarely features backgrounds. So creating a more monochrome, realistic and backgrounded image was a total adventure. I got some guidance on anatomy from my brother, so if you want to go give him a high-five:Since the story for this game is still only suggestive, I'm not sure if this perfectly aligns with what Naughty Dog has planned. But, my hope is that this can at least be seen as a canonical metaphor. I'm certainly very interested to see if they revisit this location in Part II.---This is actually my first official submission as a Patreon creator. So, I'm totally chuffed to thank my new Patrons for helping make this happen. Their rewards include a 3-page walkthrough of the entire process, a series of WIP progression screenshots, as well as the layered PSD. So, if those sound interesting to you too, hop on over to my Patreon page or Gumroad store: www.patreon.com/ZedEdge