Rose Quartz

An Art Nouveau-inspired piece of Rose Quartz from the animated TV show Steven Universe; with progress pics included.

Final product

First sketch

Lineart of Rose

Background lineart finished

Background colors

Character colors - I use very strong, saturated colors at first, and at the end I make adjustments and tweaks with the saturation/hue/contrast settings to get the effect I desire.

Texture added, last step before tweaking the saturation/hue/contrast settings and getting the final product.