And so it continues

well had a hlaf day today so i started coloring the first aleins page, and have begun to work on the second. I like when artists show the prcoess so today I am posting the first 2 steps of my process-

It starts with thumbnail sketches to get ideas down- thumbnail compositions are really important because the more you do- the better the final turns out. Another aspect is that while they take time- they save time, and they also let you work out the areas of drawing where you might be weak. Say a hand or facial expression.

Then using the thumbs I draw in a loose outline using blue colored pencil. The blue is very light and enables you to differentiate it from the pencil (which comes on next). The more information the better- because after pencils everystep thereafter (lining, inking, coloring) loses details, so keeping things tight and defined is important for the blues and the pencil.