I would like to share my process here:
Step 1: Sketching: Building a model for success
At this stage, I sketch, erase a lot and generally lay the foundations down.
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fg34tHgRqmY/XjXO399E5DI/AAAAAAAAC3E/slihcHfwp0Iqb1r3vPTwxP_q0BWCem5EgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/EB8E5C0E-9D98-43FF-B481-FE433D134C29.png)
Step 2:Fill it with a color: Like toning your paper in a painting class taken years ago...
At this stage I fill the figure with color because I’m going to create a new layer above this one which will be clipped to it, to help speed up coloring.
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7--8O1eV2fk/XjXO4Pv5NXI/AAAAAAAAC3I/rb_Zp6fW424TO6Zeoo2jM-ONplTmeEmsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/F5F32083-637A-4395-A7BA-F2440E5CC68A.png)
Step 3: Putting the true colors in: Now I place my true colors where they belong in their respective spots on the figure.
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1KHeaV3PkYE/XjXO2w_e25I/AAAAAAAAC24/NUjNwjjcdgoyQ3nU_T_q5wrh_EZJjII5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/8589C2A3-5BEC-4F06-80DC-3BF12AD0459D.png)
Step 4: Trying to figure out light and shadow
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-44ZsPBQIoos/XjXO3IDwUJI/AAAAAAAAC28/L7ktiub30tEmhFB8srBNHYdlpz_Hmt18QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/8D023B9E-8305-463B-B118-88D15A05841E.png)
Step 5: Slowly building upon colors and the colors that came before them and so on...
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qlrsSw5rK_w/XjXO3hcMcRI/AAAAAAAAC3A/aMkGzFPB5LUZ5GPk7jxDqqTnNUmM4NdEwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DB44294D-5F36-48F7-8C61-FA9C50F41429.png)
Step 6 : I just kept trying things with brushes, different, shades, and highlights to get here...
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IlqOq_bjOx4/XjXO2zdPOMI/AAAAAAAAC20/ozRLP-eUFZsvxbNoPrsHwID8bV75_SXdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/12CD056E-5166-4C74-B38D-E6B8DF36BCB0.png)
Step 7: It was getting late so I just tacked something in the background for good measure.
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OjiNIPpnRNY/XjXO6zSy2MI/AAAAAAAAC3M/JDewzF-48fkqmZ0E9HakF-wZmnRwIQdVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/FF2638AA-BABB-498D-8FFD-EEE36E75AE52.png)
Now I call it complete!
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