Charcoal of Confusion after the Spell is Broken

Here is a working scan of one of the last panels in the book where Ruby June has blown the Voice of the Sea and broken the spell the nefarious Coo-Thoo-Loo had over the deep ones.  See, they weren’t such bad guys after all!  Here I am working from my thumbnail reference, having gridded out the canvas, toned it, and started applying my lighting.  We’ll see how it progresses.  It took me a little while to get to this so far as our house is battling a virus and our 3 month old has been requiring a lot of attention.  That coupled with freelance and my day job teaching has eaten up a little time.  Insert wrench A here into plan B.

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