Well first off, thank you for posting your methods.  I´ve been in a creative lock down for a long time and you've certainly given me a few pointers that might help break that bind.  There are two points in particular that I find interesting. One is the use of placeholders to build up the scene and the other is flipping the preview image horizontally to gain a new perspective.  I've never thought about that but I find the idea quite ingenious.

As for my own workflow, I've gotten into bad habits that I need to break out of.  First I don't really do preview renders. I usually always render big images with IDL turned on. I need to stop doing that :)  I've also become a realism junkie so I spend more time fiddling with skin shaders and render settings then building up a scene. I blame that on bagginsbill (in a good way:).  I used to give concepts more thought for my images in an attempt to tell a story or just to get a good starting point for scene.  Now I'm able to render out a decently looking image but it doesn't do enough for me to post to my gallery.  That's the bind I need to break out off.

My only tip for you is to use Pose Magic Pro (if you aren't already) for posing figures.  It really makes posing figures easier.

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