They’re the following:

1) The floating leaves (or pieces of paper, depending on the environment) are something I almost always add (at least whenever I can get away with it) in anything I am drawing, pretty much like how John Woo finds some way to incorporate doves into any movie he makes.

2) I use it to help bring focus to an object, depict motion, or simply create a melancholic mood.

3) I added the trees in the graveyard beside the church to add to the overall sinister atmosphere. The trees in the corner are pretty much there as a framing device.

4) I fixed the perspective though and added a few tiny details and texture here and there.

I held off adding too much so as not to overwhelm the page.

The Inks

This is one of my favorite pages and had a lot of fun drawing it. I used a Sakura Brush (no. 2 and no. 5) for most of the linework you see. I reverted to using technical pens (UNI Pin 0.2, 0.4, and 0.5) when drawing the panel borders and the tiny details like brickwork.

The Cleanup

At this point, satisfied that I hadn’t forgotten anything, I turn the page over to Neil Amiel Cervantes.

Neil cleaned up the red pencils and the smudges and dirt that a page accumulates during the process of drawing through the digital magic of Photoshop. He cloned some recurring elements like that thing with the bell on the church tower and the window as well as filling the shadows I left blank with black.

Hope you enjoyed this little feature.

LOLA: A Ghost Story is out in bookstores now so go and buy a copy (tell them I sent you)!

LOLA: A Ghost Story

Story by J. Torres
Pencils by Elbert Or
Inks by Jonas Diego
Grayscale by Robo Monkey Pixel Fighters’ (RMPF) Neil Amiel Cervantes and Katrina Mae Hao

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