How much time you spend on a picture?

Quickies for me take around an hour but sometimes push three if I'm really distracted.

For fully finished images like the Roguernaut image can take around 12 to a massive 30 hours depending on how many big mistakes I make. Regime is pushing the boundries currently at 24 hours where I've put about 2 to 3 hours a day over the span of almost two weeks. I lost a few days worth of work last week when my image somehow became corrupted and I was left with a really weird pixelated image.

It's really great to compare artistic stats with eachother. I think the forums could really benefit from a "Tricks of the Trade" board, like Wreck's old board had. But for now I think we could make the general board the subject's temporary home.

Days. I have a job, so I tend to work in the evenings (when my energies are at their lowest) and rarely on the weekends ('cause I'm usually doing something else). So it goes something like this.
DAY1: Penciing (probably an hour or two depending on how many times I "do over") DAY2: Going over the pencils in ink (Depending on how elaborate, I'd say an hour). Then Scan the artwork and clean it up (This can take awhile, if I've made too many erasures and smudges). DAY3: Colors. This for me is still a laborious process. I don't know all the photoshop shorcuts yet, and if I want to add more rendering, shadows, glares etc. That  could easily go into another day.
So the overall process is 3-5 days. Sometimes I stop drawing and don't come back  to it days and weeks later. Face it, I'm SLOOOOOWWWW!

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I generally spend about 5 or 6 hours to do the whole processing.
Everything is done on computer and generally I'm not really satisfied with the result. That's why I don't post often and use to keep my work on my hard disk.

However I don't think it's a matter of time, my poor technique (and my incapacity to improve it) is clearly what makes me spend a limited time on a pic. Spending more time would only change details and would be a waste of time.

Depends. I'm quick, very quick.

Normally from sketch to ink to colour (speaking traditionally, pencil crayons and all) it can take me about 30 mins. If I really work at it it can take upto 6 hours.

CGing traditional linework can take upto eight hours but can be a quick 10 minute job!

And I RARELY draw right onto photoshop. If I do I don't often finish.