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I added shading and the  background, until I was happy with the direction.

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Next I redrew the image, still
very loose, tightening up the composition and proportions.

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I reduced that to simple outlines, which I printed in blue line on
Bristol board.

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The final pencils were done
over the blue lines.

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I inked primarily with a brush, as I would have to recreate these lines later in acrylic.

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After scanning, I made
some tweaks to the head
and background.

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Then I applied the flat colors. I
stuck to the limited 64 color palette used in old comic books.

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Even shadows and highlights
were limited color, with hard edges

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I did some last color tweaks
and corrections to prepare for
the final painting.

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I printed out the image,
full-size, and placed a piece
of tracing paper over it.

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Next I traced the image
onto the paper.

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I coated the back of the
tracing with charcoal, and
taped it to the canvas.

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Tracing it again transferred the image to the canvas, similar to carbon paper.

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I went over the charcoal lines in Sharpie, to act as a guide to the
 final color.

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First I painted in the
background elements.

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Next the main foreground colors.

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And finally the
highlights and shadows.

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Then it was time for the
black line work. First larger areas

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Then the finer lines.

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Next I added the stars and
made a few more tweaks.

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Lastly, I adjusted the background a final time, and cleaned it all up for the final finished piece.