05-06-2015, 12:42 PM
They look more like a bad-ass mage than a deity, to me anyway. What distinguishes a deity from the rest of us mortals? You need your own answer to that, and find a way to visually represent your answer without needing words to explain your point/research.
As for lighting and figure I'm not the best at those, but here's an attempt at exaggerating what you already had in your image - blue secondary light from the magic, and some swirling energy cloud action to add action to a standing pose. I darkened the background and some of the person a lot for contrast purpose, and the drape I darkened the middle to make it look like it's sitting on, and showing the human form underneath (the legs). Since it's magic light, you can make its reflection stronger to really show it off. It'll add contrasting colors and interest to the image.
As for lighting and figure I'm not the best at those, but here's an attempt at exaggerating what you already had in your image - blue secondary light from the magic, and some swirling energy cloud action to add action to a standing pose. I darkened the background and some of the person a lot for contrast purpose, and the drape I darkened the middle to make it look like it's sitting on, and showing the human form underneath (the legs). Since it's magic light, you can make its reflection stronger to really show it off. It'll add contrasting colors and interest to the image.