Onema painting progression

[skrubbles]

I was wondering if I should post the steps it took to paint Onema last night.. then I was encouraged to do so by gasmask.... luckily I save like made while painting and fill up my harddrive with HUGE files, so here's Onema's progression:

First I started out with the sketch

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip01.jpg

Then I brought it into painter. I created a new layer underneath of the sketch and I set the sketch layer to "gel". I then started painting in the background and the basic colors for Onema.

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip02.jpg

[skrubbles]

Here's where I merged the layer containing the sketch and the layer I started applying color to. I then started painting the face... I made a few changes including removing the stupid tattoo.
http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip03.jpg

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I worked on the face a bit more and moved onto the shirt and goggles..

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip04.jpg

[skrubbles]

Got to the rest of the body finally

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip05.jpg

DETAIL

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip05b.jpg

DETAIL 2

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip05c.jpg

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touched up the face for the last time and finished the painting.

http://home.comcast.net/~skrubbles/onema_wip06.jpg

CLICK HERE for the finally finished piece (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11134)

[gasmask]

Hey nice of you to post the steps, really nice process as well,

[alex_86]

Are you planning to leave those outlines in the final piece?