I'm planning to get all the shots with Mat done first as they're the only ones with detailed faces to be drawn. This means the 'home stretch' of the illustration will be less complex and tasking as my hand gets fatigued in the coming weeks.

I'm using a cloth scarf tied around my wrist and resting fingers on the right hand to reduce friction but think with such intensive wacom tablet use for 12+ hours a day I should look at some exercises to combat RSI. I do feel I am settling into the drawing quite well and am getting quicker and more accurate. I have also set up a photoshop action to stack up the initial layers with consistent names (important for after effects) and a second one to create alpha matte layers using selections and fills. This cuts time down quite a lot on more mundane tasks with shortcuts set to trigger the actions based on content already on layers.