Megpoid Gumi Queen of Cosmos.

Apparently her design was based on a space related anime character so I felt it'd be fun to draw her a carrot astronaut uniform.

Final Artwork

I find useful to plan the value composition in the early process as it gives an idea to where I want the viewer to focus.

I got straight to lineart for the rocks as I wanted a more organic and raw feel.

I don't usually do thumbnails, but as this was a bigger piece I wanted to choose the best color pallete to avoid mistakes on the future.

Artwork before shading. Here I am careful to clean and make any final changes and details before shading.