Photo realism illustration exercise 6-1-16 WIP

Photo real illustration exercise I am currently working on between deadlines. The idea is to start with 1 photo reference, and change it 4 times by re-painting the lighting into different environments from other different photo refs. Not only that, but also not zooming in or out: Keeping the picture same size, and only taking color from PS swatches, not the reference photos. It is purely a skill exercise. Here are the first 2 of the four versions. Extremely difficult. WIP- more to come... ( putting this together as part of a tutorial series coming soon probably on Gumroad. Real time versions, of course.)