Well, let's get this comic party started, as they say on "The Variants."
What do you work with? Digital or Traditional Tools? RGB or CMYK? Tablet type?
What is your process from start to finish?
I'm fully digital here at Taka Comics HQ. I sketch, ink, and color all in Photoshop CS3 on an Intuos3 6x8.
Usually, I'll start with the text. I used to do the drawing first, but I found out that I'd have to cram my text in later. Took me years to figure that one out, I don't know why. After that, I create a sketch layer in pink. Why pink? Blue works too, but pink sticks out and is easier to see when sketching from far away. After I do the initial later, I make a second (and sometimes third) sketch layer. The first is usually stick figures. The second and third help me to flesh out the characters, and make sure everything is in the right place. Next, I ink on a separate layer, usually at 200%. This helps to prevent shaky lines, especially because of my tablet size. When I color, I put a layer under the ink layer, and fill in my base colors with 200 - 220 tolerance. This keeps the colors butting up against the ink lines. I'll then make a shading layer, and sometimes a highlight layer.
I do all of this in 300dpi CMYK, but then I compress down to RGB 900px wide 72dpi for the web.
I upload through FileZilla. Great little freeware program.
Your turn!