the value of a Value painting

for those who don't know values, like me just a few hours ago, a value painting is a painting entirely in greyscale, where you focus more on the lighting relationships between the objects (Value) then the details of the object themselves.
it really helps to hammer out the shadows and highlights in this way, without all the extra worries color brings.

this one was done from imagination, so I got caught up in details a bit. I plan to try to color-ize this tomorrow, as an experiment. :)

Materials:

Photoshop
Wacom Cintiq

What I Learned:

I Learned the Value of Value painting...hahahah..hah.
WHY HAVN'T I BEEN DOING THIS ALL ALONG?! O_O

Hammering out shading and highlights in it's own non-destructive stage...omg. dreamy.