Ahoy. So once upon a time I made this post discussing my process for creating game art:

http://byond.com/forum/?post=194970

I make a lot of backups of an image while I work on it, but I seldom backup regularly enough to present an even transition, and when I do I generally forget and throw away the files. This time I remembered and put together another "evolution of an image" example. Someone may find this instructional, so here you go:



Here are the three reference images I relied on most while making this image:




Cheers!


Edit: Damn it, I seem to have unintentionally drawn someone famous. Please let me know if this looks like a certain celebrity. If it does, I'll have to change it :/