I didn't take the concept of this piece too seriously, was as just having fun ^=^. I wanted to paint a place I'd love to exist in: with calming blue light, cold colors, mist, water, peace, coexisting with various creatures. 🐈🐦🌊🌬🌌🌸
The conceptual part of it is the Goliath Class Griffin, it can be mounted if befriended. Seating is on the temple / crest. All creatures of the forest / city share thoughts and emotions using the refractive crystal & a spectrum of refracted light. 💎☄️
PROCESS: I generally use a 4 layer / folder process: Background, Midground, Foreground, and SFX (for smoke, particles and sunshafts / godrays & post-processing).