The Three Phases Of The Girl With The Keyhole Eyes

Line Drawing
Line Drawing

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Here is a glimpse of my working method on The Girl With The Keyhole Eyes, a comics story which will be serialized later this year in Dark Horse Presents. I begin with a line drawing in ink, then scan that and save it to my computer. I print out a version of that drawing in pale color (in this case, green) onto a sheet of watercolor paper and paint over that. When the color painting is done, I scan it and then paste the line image as a top layer in Photoshop, moving tiny bits of both layers around so that they align perfectly. Once I’m satisfied, I flatten layers and save the frame as final art.

Watercolor Painting
Watercolor Painting (note register marks)
Final Art
Final Art