Auto-Tailor - page 5 - Process (Patreon)

Since the colors and shading were done by my partner, Jade, I'm going to talk more about other aspects of my process in more detail.

1. This page uses a simple four-panel quad layout, showing the process from start to (almost) finish.

2. Now I finalize the proportions of the character and rough in the machines. I jazzed up the panels by making them get larger, closer, and with more disordered panel borders as it becomes clear that the machine is going overboard with the petticoats. 

3. Now I go in and add the final pencil work, adding final details to the environment and drawing the characters in full detail. To get the shape and perspective of the rings right, I started with a circle, distorted it a little bit to make it narrower at the top, then add a small mark about half the diameter above the circle. The mark allowed me to then scale the circle vertically up and down to get a view of the rings as they would appear at different heights. Following the different shape of each circle, I can draw in the circle rings, then add in the bars. To keep it consistent, once I had the machine drawn in the second panel, I copied it and scaled it up for the third and fourth panels, flipping it each time for motion.

4. Then I ink everything, using a couple of different pens (one with a blunt tip, for outer edges, and one with a fine tip, for fine detail).