This is a photo study of Miku Kobato, member of BAND-MAID
I just really like the lighting in this photo I saw on their profile page and finally found the time and motivation to paint it:
The main goal was to get a feeling for the colors in the various regions of the image, so picking colors from the reference was taboo. I also avoided color adjustments after painting the best I could, aswell as effect brushes (even though all the shiny parts could use tons of it…), so “just” paint with the colors you need. It was painted in 16-bit linear RGB for a more natural color blending.
Originally I wanted to do just rough details and fully focus on the colors, but made the mistake to do some details anyway, and then you kinda have to do it all 
It was fun for the most part though, just the guitar drove me nuts at some point and made me trace parts of the decor, where I also noticed that the shape is quite a bit off (since the rest was all sketched by eye with a few reference points only).
About 44h of work, says Krita.
