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Step 3: Sketching

Create a new layer. On this layer, roughly sketch things out with the brush tool (the blue is optional, I just like to use colors). The important things here are body and face positions.

Step 4: Sketching part deux

Create a new layer above the first sketch. Lower the opacity of the first sketch. With a smaller brush, draw another sketch on the new layer that is more precise than the last one. Details (like hair and clothing) are important here.

Step 5: It's Corel Painter time

Save your image as a .psd file, then close Photoshop and OPEN THAT SHIT in Painter!! (I use Corel Painter IX)

1. Hide the blue sketch by clicking the little eye next to that layer.

2. Lower the opacity of the black sketch to about 10%.

3. Create a new layer called "p1 ink" directly above the layer for panel 1. You'll be inking on different layers for each panel. (unlike the sketches)

4. Zoom in a lot, like 200%, especially if what you're inking is small. It makes the task a whole lot easier!

4. I like to watch videos when I'm inking because it can get pretty boring :D

Step 6: Start inking

1. Set your brush to Smooth Round Pen 3 in the Pens category, and set the size to 1.0.

2. Set your eraser to 'Flat Eraser' in the Erasers category, on a small size. (You can do this by selecting this brush while turning your tablet pen so the eraser side is touching the tablet)

3. Get your tablet and start inking! Sorry, there's no way I can describe this... just practice until you get the hang of it! Use the eraser side for corrections as you ink.

4. I like to work with Scotty's glasses on a separate layer, because I mess up a lot when drawing them.

All done!! Painter tends to make drawings look ugly and pixellated when you zoom out, don't worry about that! In the last panel I didn't draw Chris's body or the background because they're the same as that in the previous panel, I'm just going to copy and paste them later in Photoshop. (Photoshop is for editing, Painter for illustrating)

Eyeball where you want the colored parts to go, and where you want the black and white to go. In general, big important panels are in color, as are panels in which I want to show off the character (like the last two). Keep in mind, though, that you don't want too much B&W clustered in one area, or color clustered in one area.