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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ZombieButch" data-source="post: 4021431" data-attributes="member: 18828">Thanks all! My electricity was out almost all day, so I ended up getting quite a bit more work done on it, and got caught up on some reading to boot! I'm taking a break from it for awhile so I can come back to it this evening with fresh eyes, but I'll try to either scan or take a picture of the work so far later. I do wish I hadn't rendered the trees so much, though. They're a little too dark and busy, now that I look at it. Ah well, I'll chalk it up to a learning experience! <a href="http://www.actioncartooning.com/" target="_blank">Ben Caldwell</a>  has an interesting technique. He does his pencils, scans them in, and then reduces the opacity of the line way down in Photoshop. Then he prints the lightened pencil drawing out, inks it, and scans THAT back in for cleanup. If he screws up the inking, it's no biggie, because he can just print out another pencil drawing. And when he's done, he's got TWO origninals - the pencil and the inked version - to sock away and put in a sketchbook, sell on eBay, or whatever. Pretty clever, I think! He does all his coloring in Photoshop, so that part at least isn't a problem.</blockquote>