New found love for drawing and Photoshop

I did a quick sketch of an indian yesterday and had a strong urge to color it, so I did! I am currently planning the animation I want to do with this shot and I am looking very much forward to see these colors in motion.
I have never really done much in color, but I am starting to get a glimpse of the incredible possibilities this aspect of the media holds in store. What I find particularly interesting and what I will try and explore with this scene, is first off how the shadow layers on the basecolor can be used to define and enhance both depth and form and second how textures, here the markings on his face and body, can add another dimension of detail and believability of form.

Below the finished picture is a breakdown of my process. It goes from the rough sketch and step by step, simplified a little, to the end result.

Enjoy!

I piece of concept art I did last night for our

Bachelor Film idea.

A man and his fish...

The sketch was asking for it...

A strange feeling took me and I got the urge to
draw deer!
This is the sketch I did while playblasting a
Maya scene.

General McKnorton learned this the hard way!

Sketch of an Elemental

After a solid win in the local Mortal Combat

tournament, captain, Mogubane Ngado, decided

to enter his team in the World Cup in Football.

Le Boss...

Japanese woman in her garden.

Lava Elemental awaiting his enemy

I recently started drawing fantasy creatures and

have now finally gotten to the coloring part with

some of them. Here's a water elemental

swimming in the deep blue.

Old couple moving their bodies to some

sweet sounding jazz tunes!

Warren had always blended in well with the people

coming at the 'Wet Lips Café'.

One of the more joyful photographs

of Mr.Steinfeather!

Manuél Mañastacada is the maracas player in the Mexican

band I am working on.

A Gunman, ready to draw!