So, I've now completed the hand-drawn part of the work. I've worked on my first draft so that the face is a bit better, the arms are corrected, and I'm ready to 'ink':
So I have to go over the lines in black pen, then erase the pencil, then go over all the lines again. I have photocopied the image at each stage, so you can see the process:

Check out the crazy thing my scanner did! I think it got a bit stuck...
Anyway, now I can get on to my favourite part - the colours. Now, I have coloured these very roughly to show what it could look like, but acutally there are still several hours of touch-ups left. I have to make sure that all the lines are complete, get rid of any pesky white dots, and make sure that all the different zones of colour work well together. But as a quick overview, here you go:
Anyway, now I can get on to my favourite part - the colours. Now, I have coloured these very roughly to show what it could look like, but acutally there are still several hours of touch-ups left. I have to make sure that all the lines are complete, get rid of any pesky white dots, and make sure that all the different zones of colour work well together. But as a quick overview, here you go:
So you see, when you look at the original, there's still quite a bit of work to be done!











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