After a series of portrait and color studies, I've decided on a fan art of one of my most favorite Irelia skins. I love the color scheme, design and hairstyle in this one, which is why I decided to challenge myself with it.
It was a real struggle, since my gray scale -> color process is very time-consuming. And I haven't worked on fan art in a while. Trying to get all the important details was very crucial. It's something I always want to make sure of, that I get all of the details, my perfectionist self really finds a way to make projects like these take a long time!
This is my current process/workflow. Start with a rough sketch in gray scale, then slowly build my values and depth. After I've established all the important foundations, I start with the coloring, and finalization.