I drew a fan art of Cypress, my friend Miko's OC :) They have lovely horns and red hair
The first step after I see Miko's original drawing is to ask her about Cypress' clothing material, look it up online and analyze them
Then, I gather more references. I saw this really cool gun online, I tried to look it up and managed to find some pictures of the similar version of it.
Then I make the sketches
Base color, I still have the sketch in the upper layer at 10% opacity for reference
Then I start to sketch out the major color parts
After I feel like the color sketch kinda makes sense, I start render the material
The horns... At first I drew the horns coming from the back of the head, but after looking at the ref I realized they come from the top of the head instead
Final piece after everything! If I was to keep working on it I will make the legs less wonky, but I will just take it as a lesson for my newer pieces :)