Apache Paint

Well, waddya know. I pulled it off again o.o The hardest part was the eyes cuz they're so small in the actual photo I used and I have this tendency to draw/paint as I see things. My eye sees to much detail when it comes to stuff like this and then I wind up confused in the longrun.
The most I did was use the color sampling tool to get the correct coloring from the photo. Believe me, it was a giant pain in the @$$ to do this again -.- But it was easier than the one I did of ladyhawke. I think I'm gonna make a folder specifically for digital paint projects.....

EDIT: I did NOT photo-manip this! I digi-painted it from scratch, and it was a real pain in the rear! I just don't do super detailed stuff all the time in digital work cuz I either don't have the time or am just to lazy to work that hard some days. Same goes for the other realistic digi work I have that has this posted in the descriptions!
Just thought I'd make that clear... Bu

Software: Photoshop
Time: 2 days (give or take)
Tools: Paintbrush, smudge, color sampler