Noticing I just did the "Stranger about to hit something with a blunt object" motif once more this quarter, which tells me just where my mood has been, lol.
Similar to New Flesh and Sights [CONTENT WARNING: fantasy gore], I'm exploring more detailed rendering. I didn't have a reference to go off of, so much of how the shadows land is guess work.
Stranger here is part of a larger body of work of mine that, as of this writing, I don't have a dicicated place for just yet. However, once it's built you can find all of that at this link.
Bonus draft of this illustration. Right was the first pass and left is the tidier linework.