Background Image for Cover Page, the Linework

Today I added the line work for the cover image’s background layer. I want the background to be a little fuzzy. I outlined the house, the chimney, and the trees with a coarse graphite-like brush to keep the lines softer than the sharp lines of the characters. Eventually I’m going to paint the background in daubs of impressionistic color and add the layer of line work on top using a multiply mode.

Check! Daily inch of progress completed.