A tale of Pigs : Part Deux + Steps

I'm a bit annoyed with myself for not knowing when to stop. Haha, what started as a sketch ended up as a pretty much finished character illustration. I included a pretty high res version below of the final image:

I don't know how useful it is but I also included some progress shots. If anybody would ask me how to do this, I would say one thing: Patience... And that's one thing I really don't have :P