okay, just for the sake of comparison, this is the real media version of the same last three panels (it's a very bad scan, so consequently dark ~ foo). but this is all goauche and watercolor (non-digital) ~ except the captions. the captions and balloons are all PhotoShop. and the balloons are all crummy grey instead of white, but that's just a minor fixit thing that i screwed up trying to adjust the meter.

the digital version "pops" more ~ i'll give it that. but the dullness of this version is largely due to the lousy scan job i did. a better scan would show much more vibrant color. and, the real media is just better drawn (compare especially the hands in the first panel and the details in panel two) ~ and there's the rub.
the best solution i can think of is to do it in real media and then touch-up in digital (for the eyes and the blends, mostly, just to make them much cleaner). i don't know if that's actually increasing or decreasing the work, however.
decisions, decisions.
: o p

the digital version "pops" more ~ i'll give it that. but the dullness of this version is largely due to the lousy scan job i did. a better scan would show much more vibrant color. and, the real media is just better drawn (compare especially the hands in the first panel and the details in panel two) ~ and there's the rub.
the best solution i can think of is to do it in real media and then touch-up in digital (for the eyes and the blends, mostly, just to make them much cleaner). i don't know if that's actually increasing or decreasing the work, however.
decisions, decisions.
: o p
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