A quickie done a few months back over a couple of lunchtimes, utilising the selection tool a lot in the early stages, and just painting in things like cast shadows and details once i was happy with the overall shapes. Helps me break loose from my desire to want to render everything, and rely more on suggested texture from textured custom brushes.
This is awesome. The concept is great. Wouldn't want to come across this guy. Thanks for sharing your what techniques you used. That's very helpful. Gonna try using the selection tool sometime.
Thanks! I forget the name of the artist who uses the same techniques.. he was one of the guys who worked on Guild Wars 2, and he used photographs as starting points for textures... wish I could remember his name!