June, 2004 -- The Thief series has been among my favourite games since they first came out. Now that I've bought Thief III, I've been inspired by the amazing visuals, and wanted to do something with the same atmosphere for my portfolio.

1. Here's the rough sketch.

2. (right) And some shading.

3. I've been finding the lighting quite difficult to visualize in this piece. I've darkened up all the shadows consider- ably to help.

(right) 4. Some more work.

4. I keep making things darker as I try to get the colours right. I obviously didn't think this through in advance.