Bark Houndberg - a Character Portrait Breakdown

sketching - in this phase I am merely doodling, making studies of pictures, looking for the right shapes

Once I found the initial shape that I like, I develop and explore it a bit more

Cleaning down the lineart

Flat colors here, followed by shading and finally some pimping of the final picture, playing around with lights, curves, levels, filters etc, until I get the feeling I was aiming for