Act 11...

...Nose and lips detail and polish, avoiding the eyes...

Act 10...

...scrapped the eyes and will re-do them, working on the general face...

Act 09...

...Eyes...but i hate them, will probably erase and re-do...

Act 08...

...Torso detailing... I should find a good skin texture brush...

Black and White Skull...

...late night fun...

Amorphous Alien Heads...

...took a break from Act today...

Act 07...

...Back to the face and refining the large shapes of the likeness..

Act 06 color thumb...

...did a quick color thumbnail to test if doing just the hair, lips and armor parts in red was gonna work.  I think I need to render her eyes to be certain...

Act 06...

...Costuming is done...

Act 05...

...Costuming continues...

Gif Test...

...Wanted to see if I could do a test gif for future use to show animated development of my painting...

Act 04...

...decided to make this a duo-tone and add in all the reds in her costume and eventually the reds in her hair and lipstick.  Also gonna do things in different order and do the costume bits first this time...

Act 03...

...building up the forms and lighting...

Act 02...

...refining the sketch and placing features...

Act 01...

...Rough Sketch...

Big Hammer...

Asuka 16... Done...

... added in the mask in the background, finished the hair and did a levels adjustment... I think its done... all told it was 8 hours spent on this one... :)

Asuka 15...

...all the costuming is done, hair is that remains and any final touches.  Maybe do something more with the background but not sure what yet.  I've been flattening as I go so it will be trick around her edges...