littlelostalien, blomkaal and t1ck135: Thanks for you comments.

Dave: Thanks. Almost nothing remains from original scans. They serve just as a reference in an initial stage of painting. When the images are blocked with initial colors, sketches are no longer important. I'm doing some efforts to sketch directly on tablet, and I think they are being promissors. It's really a matter of practice.
I'm posting here my sketches. I'm developing my website, and I problably will put some sort of "making of" for some paintings, to share with people my way of painting.

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