In previous chapters, I introduced the concept of "focused play", wherein we just messed around with a clear direction in mind. This relaxes us and makes learning a bit more fun and allows what Bob Ross would call "happy accidents" to occur.
Here's the game plan:
Create a new comic book page from the comic template in the new file dialog box.
Create a number of new layers via the palette menu. Go to the New layer menu and choose Raster layer from the hierarchical menu.
In the dialog box, there are three kinds of raster layers:
Color: This creates full color layers
Grey: This creates a layer that only has greyscale
Monotone: This is a black-only layer
Draw on each layer a bit; use a thick marker or inking pen tool. Use different colors on each of the layers. To change a color, go to the color palette and then go to the Color set tab and choose a color from the set that appears.
Notice that on the Monotone layer, no matter what...