Above the Clouds

Time to draw: 4 hours. 
Amount of pain gone through: LOTS. My hand hurts like hell. But goodness it was worth it.
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I drew it by using a pen about the size of 5 pixels, and just going through all the different shades. X3 Then finally, after years, I used the water tool to smooth it all out, added luminosity layers, used an airbrush for the clouds, and constructed the background. 
Hope you like it!