Digital warmup sketch (storybook style)

Hi everyone! I was browsing Creative Uncut( a great resource for both inspiration and references), when I came upon some Akihito Yoshida artwork for Knights of Glory. Yoshida is perhaps most famous for his work on the Final Fantasy Tactics game as well as Final Fantasy XII. But he also worked on Tactics Ogre and Vagrant Story, on top of the Bravely Default games!

His art style has a very oldschool appeal since it incorporates a lot of texturing that you might typically see in old storybooks, or even manga and newspaper comics. Either way, when I discovered Yoshida's work I was instantly drawn in, but felt I had no stamina to produce anything like his stuff.

SO today I wanted to try again at it, since I've been working more and more on digital stuff, I've gotten better with my brushes and understanding my tablet. But more than that, I've gotten better at staying focused for longer periods of time. This one was about 2~ hours, no breaks. Hope you like it!