Page 33, Betty Burro Makes It To The Top
/I got quite a bit done today. Here’s my work flow for this day.
Scan my original sketch and import it into Clip Studio Paint.
Redraw everything several times until I get the composition I like.
Think about how to draw rocks and burro ears. Burro ears can go wrong and end up looking like rabbit ears. I’m still working on getting them right.
Ink the sketch. Clip Studio Paint has great inking tools, including vector tools that are convenient for inking and modifying line width.
Create two flats layers, one for the background and one for the characters.
Apply the characters’ colors and some of the background colors.
Create a layer for shadows. This layer is set to multiply. I used a blueish gray for all of the shadows. For the highlights on the stones I used a marker brush with the color dodge blending mode.
This work took six hours, with a couple of breaks to get my head clear. Overall, this was a good time.