Andromeda
This was a piece I did a while ago. I sat down and drew it on a piece of paper first, and it was completely straight lines, no smudging or anything, not even sketch lines, which is unusual for me. About a year later I returned to it and decided to work on it in Photoshop, and I started off by doing the line-art with my mouse, and then about halfway through the actual painting process I bought my trusty Wacom tablet, which I finished the job with.
Her name is Andromeda, and she's the captain of a pirate space ship. The ship itself isn't too big, and the crew is formed of a select few individuals. Who they are I have nooo idea, I haven't gotten that far.
In the beginning I toyed with the idea of her having to wear that helmet due to her having some accident as a child and her eyes becoming extremely light-sensitive, but lately I've been pulling more towards the idea of her having a sun/supernova inside her head. Don't ask how, just accept it :P.
I wanted the picture itself to indicate the gritty environment she lives in, and I though the contrast between the grays, oranges and greens did that well. I had originally wanted to make her purple, but as it turned out that was a horrible idea.