Digital Art - First Ever Digital Portrait

Hi guys!

Recently I have made a first attempt to drawing in digital form. My inspiration was a friend, since this is her portrait.

I will not display the original, because I respect her privacy, but since I showed her the result, I can tell you she is veeeeery very happy with it, and wants to put it in a frame! And that is a big wow for me! :)

I've always been a traditional art type, so this was strange at the beginning, but I also realized how handy digital drawing really is. And it is super-duper fun too, so you can expect more like these from me.

Here are my steps:

First I chose the background, and started with base lines:

Then the coloring:

Shading the face, hat and earphones:

And finishing with the eyes and her magnificent hair:

The first one has a nice photoshop touch, but I kinda like it more with the original, plain color background.

Thank you for your time <3