Year of Rooster - character painting

As an annual challenge, I wanted to paint something full instead of a background less character design.

The idea started out in my sketchbook, which I cleaned up in SAI before going forward in the painting. 

The original sketch felt scaled wrong and I wanted to try something more creative with the rooster itself. 

I eventually got the idea of making the rooster part of the floor, literally and adjusted my painting from there. 

Looking back, I enjoyed the amount of colors I got to paint with the stained glass. There was so much bounce lighting I got to play with, and could have played with more.