Another tutorial on digital painting: https://3dtotal.com/tutorials/t/paint-a-pair-of-friendly-halloween-pumpkins
The final illustration capturing the spooky and yet colorful spirit of Halloween
The refined sketch, still showing a few of my construction lines.
Painting the Ambient Occlusion is not always necessary but adds plasticity in the early process.
The black and white version already gives a good impression of what the illustration will look like.