I usually sketch like crazy, complete with stick-figure skeletons, lines across the face, and measuring lines. For me, it makes my drawings less likely to be off-balance or out of proportion. When I'm content with it, I clean up some of the confusing lines, ink it, erase the pencil, and then color.

Turakii

I always sketch first to lay out basic proportions and stuff, so that if I make a mistake or something comes up that I don't like or think could be done better, I can change it - Ink is mean and harsh and does not let me do that unless there is a pencil base underneath. I also cannot do the ink right on the paper and get it to look nice on the first try.

~Nikira