>>262873
he mustve sketched it before but still really skilled

>>262873
autism

Probably has a reference on his second screen. Something stenciled in photoshop.

I do this art style (layered shadows) ALL DAY at my work, it's the brand style, and I can tell you without a reference it's borderline impossible, certainly not a case of the right shapes first time.

>>262873
> tracing paper with ref taped on screen
> draw
> the end

It's ghetto-ish, but why not.

>>262938
I've actually done something similar before (way simpler though)
>put reference pic on top of wacom
>profit

>>262940
gonna try that soon...how does it compare accuracy- and timewise to scanning and then tracing (as you probably need to retrace or at least clean your "wacom-paper-trace" up)?

>>263011
>accuracy-wise
not even close
I used it to draw some raw sketches fast.
Needed women striking different poses in different outfits so I just grabbed one of my ex's fashion magazines and it worked.

>>262936
>>262938
>>262940
cant you make it even easier by just putting the reference pic in illustrator/photoshop and draw on layers above?

>>263063
well yes but you would need to scan it.
also gives away the magic trick that amazed OP