So I had to work late, then I went out with co-workers to check out "Exit Through the Gift Shop." Fun times. Thus, I really only had time to do a quick value study. I usually don't do these, but I thought the composition was off, and wanted to see if value would fix it. It didn't, so I changed the location of the rope bridge, and added some trees to help frame the piece. I think this works a bit better, as even though I intentionally had the bridge leading away from the demon in the original sketch (I wanted to make it look as if the demon had even more of a lead on the hero), it ended up leading your eye out of the composition.
I think this works a lot better now, and will proceed to start painting.
