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.