My first drawing entirely done in Corel Painter X (except for some contrast added with Photoshop). By now I had just been fooling around with the many functions the software has. Still getting the hang of it.
As for the digital tools I used: Brushes (Mech Pencil; Conté; Oil Pastels) and Blenders ("Just add water"; "Grainy water" and such).
I spent quite a lot of time with the hair, not that I'm entirely satisfied with the result lol