Wonderful artist to look at for ideas! Kutsche's work shows an amazing use of brushes, values and edges.....

He is working in Photoshop, with the same tools as YOU!!

See more on his site @ http://michaelkutsche.com

 Character design for the movie "OZ"...

Here is a video of the artist working- Look at his use of LAYERS, Color Sampler tool, and Brushes....

Here is the artist...