This was a lot of fun. Extremely challenging, especially thinking of things to paint lol. I sort of got the idea to try something other than the round shapes from

100 texture studies

Used

Light tutorial 

for the glowing pillar

used

+Water Tutorial+

for water

used google images for most references.
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Photoshop CS6
wacom bamboo create
did this over a couple days
<3

edit : used this for the hand

Hand study 2 - Steps