I always do the original drawings for panels and cover pages in a sketchbook and when they're ready I trace them onto the finished page, at which point I end up with something that looks like this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_tS3CULa_1RPe-_d2mnfBiGej74trm7iXzkf4YjUg4AEYo26IgcSbeVH17cXr4zHn4hyi6x_I5ntFoE2bCth0JInr_SQuwoLuzLp9OCw7aHxcya_JCe_ejSUd_8g4Q7-PFIq9QZC0P0/s400/S61.JPG)
Then I bulk up the lines using a brush pen and a nib:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXEt0ejL3uodP79cP0Ycw5o0atbOOucQ_UzEenkz8hjLOlxDgWrLy5LTU03MGJSx1vzzclYxRBvuU0ZXZm4Fk-LlpQlM_FIGLncKTsNz1QxXrtyAyDIBHu0OWuYL5xR-0SHsDv73Q0D4/s400/S6L.JPG)
Then I render between the lines with a nib and it's done.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAh0Ma4G9mJ8MCwUeJZuRju22QzpS21xACL4DoI3WlHAglwDVVi6FwE2WiscCg_C8sZEgPuSLBXBDXchfhIFOryn5Unz8PvlJQgcbAMjEN1rVkVQdO-Z9zEVyhnqGk7HcS_enwO4DHQg/s400/S6R.JPG)
I might post some pages from my sketchbook soon.