This is a fun little pictures showing the stages of creating a picture. As you get further from the eye it becomes more unfinished.
In order:
1: Sketch in black, using a Photoshop tool that acts and looks like pencil
2: Colour the lines light blue to make it easier to see...
3: ... the inks, smooth dark lines. I started with indigo and decided to use black - you can see where some of the lines are different colours on top of...
4: ... the colour - Blue and cream.
5: Shadow layer - Adding darkening for shadows
6: Light - To bring up areas of illuminations.
7: Rough highlighting - not finished, merely a rough scrub-in to start to add dimensionality.
8: Sign that sucker.
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Karuno
Wow ! Me is amazed ! :o