This is the pretty much close to final image, I had to post it or else I was going to go nuts As they say in the movie business, ' a film is never completed, it's only released.'
Done for a vfx company, I had great art direction that allowed me a lot of creative freedom. Not always the case!
Done entirely in photoshop in about a weeks time.
I go over many of these matte painting/concept art techniques in my video tutorials, you can see them here: [link]
I absolutely adore this -- one of my favorite things about conceptual illustrations is when they can tell a story, and I see about half a dozen in this.