Thank you guys!

Thank you guys! :)

@Trigonomicon & Theoden
Will do

@Gawrone
I'll keep an eye out, but no promises 
 

Oh man, I love it Umbohr, you even did the preview frame thing  You are correct about my process, I pixelled them all without references. 

Great stuff, fun to look through!

Really amazing stuff, great attention to detail!

@trawlixn
I don't have them saved up neatly so I'm afraid not, but I can give a general overview of my process for this piece.

First I started with the design, here no references are used and the goal is just to set up a good composition. After I got something decent to work with, I looked for references of the individual animals this creature is composed of, specifically for the things I don't have a good enough understanding of as is (mainly the head and legs).
You can seperate these references into two categories, let's call them direct and indirect. Direct references are ones which you essentially do a copy of or otherwise very close to your design, and indirect references are ones which just give you an idea of the structure of whatever you're creating.
I'd recommend relying less on direct ones and more on indirect ones, for various reasons,  but mostly because they can interfere with and change your design.
As far as where I get my references from, that would Google for the most part, but you can also use somethinh like Sketchfab if you want a better 3D understanding of your subject matter.
 

Thank you guys, you're too kind!

Thank you guys!

Specialmin, I love you man. It's encouraging, perhaps too encouraging, to recieve such praise from an artist of your level, thank you!

Thank Theoden, your comments are always appreciated!

Thank you! Yes, that's one of the things I decided to go differently about with the last two portraits.

Thank you! I aprreciate the feedback, and I see what you mean. I probably should've toned it down a bit on the back of her head, but I wouldn't get rid of it entirely since it would make the transition a bit too harsh.

Glad you like it! This piece, along with most of the my recent works, use a palette I created -- Asympix18, you can download it over on lospec if you like.

Thank you Jok!

My bad, I thought you were kidding around! I already made her dark counterpart, you can see it on twitter.

I suppose you'll also propose I draw her in profile, but looking slightly back, have a red accent going along the back of her head. 

A fine choice :)

Thank you guys, much appreciated!

Thank you n0mzat :)

Really nice piece, love the simplicity

Glad you like them!

Thank you man, you're too kind!

Thanks Theoden! Yes, I figured Pixeljoint will be a better home for them though 

Thank you n0mzat, I'm glad you hold my work in such high regard!

Love these

Thank you guys, I appreciate all of your comments!