So, I decided to get serious about my digital painting. I have been doing studies and experiments to get more familiar with the medium. Having learned a process that I like and that works for me, I did a full digital figure painting today. My process is as follows: 1) I sketch out my image using straight lines on a new layer. I work out the silhouette and the line that separates the light from the shadow. 2) On a new layer, I clean up my sketch, rounding off the lines and refining the shadows. 3) I create a new layer under the line art, and fill it in with about 50% gray 4) I then fill in my shadows with about 75% gray 5) I turn off the line art layer 6) I then create a new layer above the line art, and paint the image. I have found that I am in need of some new brushes, this painting needs some texture. So I am looking at some youtube videos on how to create brushes to get what I need. I hope this is helpful to any of you who are trying out digital. This is not the only way to do it, just the way that I have found that works for me :)