A very interesting piece. You're coming right along--the lighting is very spot on compared to the original.
Small but crucial thing... and it will probably disappoint you: your elephant is leaning much too far compared to the elephant in the original. It almost feels like he's going to tip over in yours . I'd say that you should get him balanced right before you go any further, or you'll be very frustrated later on, trying to balance him with everything else in the way. Good luck!
Thanks, and yes I'm aware of the leaning thing since I drew the lineart actually, but my reasoning is that the snout is big enough to make it tip over to the other side if it isn't leaning backwards and so I did it like this
Also, to make the challenge I will have to animate it so I'm planning to do a walking, idle or attack animation for it. Maybe some parallax scrolling for the background too. I have a lot of work ahead of me
Salvage: I agree that the light source looks odd in the original but then again it is a surrealistic painting
Thanks for the tip.