Gradient Mesh with Pen Tool details. Created in approximately 60 hours as a test of my knowledge and to help me better understand the gradient mesh tool.

Pen Tool and Transparency w/ Live Trace Background. Created in approximately 30 hours as a personal project. I tried to create a stylistic mix of photorealism and illustration. The background was created using live trace and gaussian blur.

Pen Tool and Divide w/ Photoshop Background. Created in approximately 36 hours as a student project at Full Sail University. All shapes were drawn manually with the pen tool, divided and manually colored. The background was created in Photoshop.