Phew, I stayed up way too late getting this page finished and uploaded! Actually, the page was already done, I just needed to upload it, but I wanted to finish uploading the rest of the chapter’s pages at the same time, which meant I needed to finish shading a couple of them, which meant… well, it ballooned a bit out of control and I ended up not getting to bed until around 3am! 😵 (I have such a patient wife! 😅) Still ironing out the wrinkles of my comic process. But that’s okay. As long as I’m making progress.

Anyways, here’s another instance of using a pre-made asset and drawing over the top of it to make it feel less artificial: the tinsel around the door and along the walls. That’s actually a brush shape in Clip Studio, and a very simple one at that. I don’t think it would look great as is in the complete scene, even colored. However, after drawing it where I wanted the tinsel to be, I used it as a guide and drew around it. It only took a couple extra minutes, but the end result works quite well.

Speaking of the tinsel, this was yet another one of those details I added almost last minute to remind readers (and myself!) in what time of year this chapter is taking place. Christmas is right around the corner!