Hi guys! Here’s a work-in-progress of the first collab I ever made with my girlfriend. I really enjoyed doing this one and I like the way it turned out.

The first pic shows my girlfriend’s original sketch, done in SAI 1.0.1. Then I took her sketch, made a few adjustments and then I made the pencils in Adobe Photoshop CS4 using a custom brush I created. The third pic shows the color separation, also known as flats. I do this to isolate the areas, mainly the character from the background, so it’s much easier and faster for coloring later.

The fourth pic shows the actual coloring. Note that I’ve added a background for composition purposes using the lasso tool to create the shapes and then adding the shading.

Check the finished illustration at http://leonardomlk.deviantart.com

That’s it!