So Called Tutorial Part 1

I decided to do another "tutorial" on the way I color my drawings. And here we go:

Part 1 - on Inspiration, Sketch and Lineart.

Part 2 - on Coloring Skin, Hair, Background - follow this link!!

Credits:
The pencil-picture in the header is from here.
My reference picture is from here and belongs to intoxiCait @ myspace.
The excerpt on brightness and contrast belongs to Microsoft PhotoDraw.
Everything else is mine.