Object showing through transparent jewel...

[kittyshootingstar]

Okay, so it's taken a lot of pride-swallowing to ask for help on this, but I'm absolutely clueless on this one. I'm doing a picture where part of a character's body is going to show through a large jewel, and I don't just want to make it plain old transparent, I want realism. I need help with how the light will diffuse through the stone and show on each of the cut edges.

If it helps any, I'm trying for a simplified brilliant cut (Think general diamond, or for Sonic buffs, Chaos Emerald [which, incidentally, is what I'm doing.]). The character will be hanging onto the flat top of the gem, and the chibified body will hang behind it, with some empty space between the feet and ground.

I can post a picture of my sketch, too, if needed.

Thank you in advance for any help that can be given!

[falkonns_flight]

I'm not sure why you would do any pride-swallowing, lol. As an artist you're going to need to take criticism well in the future. Anywho...
Seems to me you need to find out where the general light source is going to be from first of all. Best suggestion I can offer is go buy a prism or a cheap crystal that looks like what you have (u can buy a cheap one for like 5 bucks) because each facet will show a different reflection, and a different field of depth, as well as different color saturation. And a post of the sketch would be nice for reference
As for the cut, you may take a look at general jewelry sales sites. Like the ones that let you create your own wedding ring, etc. It may help as well.
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[falkonns_flight]

OOps double post lawl
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