To start with, I saw an illustration of Aaron Paul that really stood out to me. I absolutely love how he portrayed Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad. I was going to use a black and white effect, but decided to add some old vintage filters which seemed to fit the punk-esque theme.
Only an hour was spent in SFM to pose the character and apply a three-point lighting system. The main part of the workload was in Photoshop, of which was really interesting because I was able to experiment with various features to give the tattoos a genuine look to them. And yes, the hair has deliberately been made like that to give a punk-girl look to Pinkie.