Spring Cleaning Walkthrough (Patreon)

My first idea for this was to have the maid cleaning with the young lord bound and gagged in the corner, but I thought it would be fun to have a more complete role-reversal.

As always, my lines start out as a huge mess. The main point of this stage is to start thinking about composition and what elements I want to include in the illustration.

From there, I try to log down body proportions. This new sketch becomes the guide I use for inking.

Then, comes flats! I actually like this look a lot without the actual background. I might stop at this stage next time. In all honesty, the reason I didn't was because the idea of having to pencil in background lines rather than paint in huge blocks of color daunted me. So, I forged ahead.

Once I have the background shaded in, I have a better sense for how the lighting will work and how dark I need to render my characters.

Fin!