Developing a slick illustration workflow

[Artloader]

Thanks Amit, good points about remaining flexible - I will bear in mind and good tip about checking out other people's workflows.

On point 5 - what I meant was - do studies related to the various components of the compositions e.g. if the comp. has some animals in it, then study painting animals etc ...

Previously I was doing studies before I'd selected a comp. and found that I was doing stuff that I didn't end up needing for the final piece - which is good in the long run but is inefficient if there's a time constraint on the piece.