I'm pretty happy with how this turned out! The pose, the lighting, the expression, etc. :3
Context: He's fighting in a battle, many lives are on the line, and he's summoning a spear of ice out of the moisture in the air. :3
The last sketch in the set was my first pass on it. The ball of ice was a placeholder until I figured out a way to do the ice spear in a cool way (which is what you see developed). I realized that having it zoomed out wouldn't really capture the intensity and desperation I was looking for, so I redid the sketch with the zoomed in look. :3