For Olga Part 2

Okay, here's the rough drawing - again, any pencil or pen will do.
I then take this to my light table (animator in me again) and do a structured treatment to this sketch on a new sheet of paper on top of the rough drawing, using my Colerase colored pencil. The main reason for the colored pencil at this stage is to set the color off from the original sketch - I'll be able to tell what's what. I am now concentrating on structure, balance and am also correcting any mistakes detail-wise. Notice I chose the lower hand study. I wanted to get a kind of Capcom Street Fighter feel and the lower hand sketch seemed more dynamic. Once I'm satisfied with it AND ONLY THEN, I'm ready to do the clean-up job on this drawing. Again, I use another new sheet of paper, one on top of the blue sketch (original rough sketch is removed to avoid confusion). When doing clean-up, I don't use pens as most people do - I use mechanical pencils. My arsenal consists of: a .9, .7, .5 and a .3 . The .9, being the broadest stroke is used for outlines and main shapes. I attack the drawing with this one first. See below.
Next entry concludes the tutorial.