8- what's the most fun and least fun part of my process
While my favorite and least favorite parts can change from peice to peice, I typically LOVE doing the lineart and rendering. I find both relaxing and it's fun to see how the rendering slowly brings a peice together by finishing it!
My least favorite stage is sketching and coloring. Sketching I find to be the most frustrating typically, though I have found ways to rectify it somewhat (using shilloettes and being more okay with being sloppy have really helped though still frustrating). Picking colors is just something I struggle with, I will fudge, pick, regret my choices, overuse layer settings, pick some more, edit, all while being on the verge of crying and giving up and yet it somehow turns out.
10- how many different sketches do you usually have before finishing a peice?
This depends on how familiar I am with the subject matter and how complicated it is. I'm defining a "sketch" as anything I do after thumbnailing to lineart/coloring (if skipping lineart). For things I'm familiar with and is simple 2-3, the first being the rough and focusing more on getting the pose down than anatomy, the second and third passes bring anatomy and minor details like patterning. For subject I'm less familiar with, rough sketches, sketch closely following my references, sketches for stylizing the subject. Complicated peices can easily have like 10+ sketches.
13- how long do you usually take on a peice?
I sadly can't tell you the excat hours, but sketches, flats, and simple shaded peices I can finish in a day or two. My Hatching style can be done in 3, however I'm forcing myself to take longer since it can easily wreck my hand and wrist if I'm not careful. Obviously bigger peices (multiple characters, complicated designs/comps, illustrations, etc.) can take weeks to months