This was originally a pencil sketch, digitally scanned, and coloured very loosely in photoshop. It was one of 25 images assembled into a children's illustrated story.
Photoshop used in combination with a WACOM Cintiq tablet is a great tool for editing and colouring sketches - the resulting images have the energy of a hand drawing, but the vividness of digital colour. Highlights are much easier than painstakingly adding them to traditional watercolours in gouache.
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