@irene_addler I'm still here, but life also happened, so I've ben working on things on and off.
So the 30-45 mins limit is for myself as I tend to overdo things, I knew I would routinely go over it. With the first sketch though, I tried to go fast, and then I just spent a lot of time fixing things. I need to remind myself once in a while I just do better with a tighter sketch and looser painting on top.
Anyway, here's where I am with Mercy. the sketch follows my process for digital painting, so I focused on specific things and it looks a little odd. I mean, it's just not meant to be a finished product. I've put maybe 4 hours into it, don't want to go too crazy, but obviously want it to look good, and have some stylistic approaches in mind, so when I wake up tomorrow, I'll hopefully think of how to finish.