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Description
Just in case anyone might be interested in how I make these pages here is a quick step by step on how I go through the creative process.

Step one: base
This step is where you figure out your composition, it uses basic shapes and is very no-desrcript usually.

Step Two: Sketch
Here is where you sketch in your characters and backgrounds in more detail, facial expressions, anatomy, clothing, objects, etc

Step Three: Inking
Pretty self explanatory.... just trace and add shading... most pain in the ass part of it but VERY important obviously.

Step Four: Base coloring
Lay down the base colors for everything... you can add more detailed shading on this layer as well if you want just keep in mind it might become an annoyance to chance if you screw up and have to erase something.

Step Five: Overlay color
This is for colors that are somewhat transparent that cover the base layer, this layer is not always needed but is very handy for things like holograms, highlights, shadows etc... [in this case the fire glow]

Step Six: High detail color
Though this can sometimes be done on the base color layer it comes in handy just to make a new layer for high detail coloring just in case you mess up it wont screw over your entire coloring job from before.

Yay! Now apart from the text your done.... I HIGHLY recommend you NEVER use PS for text or bubbles... they are a pain in the butt to try to make!

Description
Just in case anyone might be interested in how I make these pages here is a quick step by step on how I go through the creative process.

Step one: base
This step is where you figure out your composition, it uses basic shapes and is very no-desrcript usually.

Step Two: Sketch
Here is where you sketch in your characters and backgrounds in more detail, facial expressions, anatomy, clothing, objects, etc

Step Three: Inking
Pretty self explanatory.... just trace and add shading... most pain in the ass part of it but VERY important obviously.

Step Four: Base coloring
Lay down the base colors for everything... you can add more detailed shading on this layer as well if you want just keep in mind it might become an annoyance to chance if you screw up and have to erase something.

Step Five: Overlay color
This is for colors that are somewhat transparent that cover the base layer, this layer is not always needed but is very handy for things like holograms, highlights, shadows etc... [in this case the fire glow]

Step Six: High detail color
Though this can sometimes be done on the base color layer it comes in handy just to make a new layer for high detail coloring just in case you mess up it wont screw over your entire coloring job from before.

Yay! Now apart from the text your done.... I HIGHLY recommend you NEVER use PS for text or bubbles... they are a pain in the butt to try to make!