I tried to take inspiration for the clouds from one of Frazetta's classic Conan paintings. It's hard to pull it off in vector, it needs to be consistent with the rest of the piece but has to try to convey the drama of the inspiration. What I've got here is better than what I started with, but it may get re-drawn again.
At a friend's suggestion I went back and re-drew all the pikes, spears and axes at the back of the throne to be individual. I'd asked for his critique and he said they all looked the same, and that jumped out at him.
