Tried something a bit different (ref from photo)
Sure :). I like trying different things, so this isn't how i draw everything, but i can describe how i did this one at least. There's probably better ways though :)
Also here's a progress gif (color reduced): http://imgur.com/nLT6q8x
I draw most of my digital stuff with a Cintiq 13HD i splurged on a while ago (i used an old intuos 2 before that). I drew this one in Gimp on Ubuntu, mostly using a patterned brush (one of the default ones, "acrylic 05" i think) with pressure sensitivity set to opacity only, and adjusted the brush size manually as needed (with shortcuts, gimp's brush gui is horrible). I used a bigger canvas than usual for me, around 5000x4000 pixels. Didn't use any layers. I think i had two views, one zoomed out so i always had an overview. Sometimes i use even more views, but for this one i had the main monitor in clone mode, so there wasn't room for a lot of windows.
For the drawing itself, i started with a rough outline, and then i blocked in some very rough values. It's the first time i've done that, something i saw someone else do. I think you're supposed to refine it a lot more than i did, but even what i did felt like it helped a bit, so i think i'll keep doing that :). Then it was just blocking in some colors, and starting to refine things, spotting errors and fixing them, and so on. Occasionally i'd flip the image to get a fresh look. It took a while :)
whoa, I hope to have this kind of detail/accuracy some day. Care describing your process?
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Yeah, i've used Gimp a lot. I wouldn't mind switching to something else though.. i mean, Gimp is ok, but there's a lot of weird quirks and bugs and such that can get in your way. You kinda get used to it, but there's some friction there.
Anyway, i've tried Krita a bit before, but i'm not very familiar with it yet. It seems nice though. I should stop being lazy and try it some more :)