The drawing of the ogre in the following screenshot was first sketched out using pencil. On that initial layer, the transparency was lowered, and a second layer was placed where the Pencil tool was used to ink the drawing as well as make whatever corrections were necessary.
By placing a layer beneath the inked drawing, we can begin to color the sketch using the Copic marker and the Pencil tool. The Pencil tool is also used for more precise coloring and the marker tool is used to cover larger areas. The only concern is putting down the local color; it's okay for the color to be uneven at this point because more color will be continually added over the whole area of the drawing. The initial background layer where I first sketched was deleted out from the drawing so that it would not be a distraction. Speaking of distractions, you'll notice from these images that I keep a lot of windows open as I work. That is just my preference. When I work with traditional...