Reply To: Show your work: Progress of a design

“Robin Who?”

First off, reference photo: [url]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img924/5369/loX3hQ.jpg[/url]

Next, got all the items for the pose positioned on more-or-less the right spot and layer.
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img922/3635/I57WtN.png[/img]

Then cleaned up the pose by masking onto insignia shapes and adjusting position/layer where needed.
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img923/4280/YLYacp.png[/img]

Gave him a base skin color, hid the masking shapes, cleaned up linework I didn’t like by hiding it behind solid-colored insignia shapes, and added a little detailing here and there.
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img922/3069/viExi0.png[/img]

Added tattoos, shorts, hair, and accessories, mostly by masking directly onto the body pieces. But a few were just placed over or masked onto insignia shapes again.
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img924/8632/u5NZOC.png[/img]

Filled in the rest of the elements with their base color schemes and once again cleaned up the image by hiding the insignias used for masking.
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img924/566/saeGtG.png[/img]

Highlighted/shaded with gradient background items.
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img923/2900/lUeyBF.png[/img]

Threw up a simple background n called it good!
[img]http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img923/4429/lI27IH.png[/img]