>>7764152
I'm working on a VN and while I haven't finalized any of my characters, I did a test run of making some cells for other characters and it turned out neat. these are from like almost a year ago and I didn't have a set routine down, but basically what I did was
>sketch a copy of the character from reference onto a piece of paper with a mechanical pencil
>put a clear sheet over it
>use a fountain ink pen to trace the sketch
>let it dry
>apply acrylic paint to the back
and it somewhat worked
the next time I try, I'll likely do it like this
>sketch a character
>copy the sketch cleanly using a light table and double check it looks ok
>maybe do a secondary copy to show where shadows go
>then use the light table to trace the copy onto another sheet of paper with the fountain pen
>xerox the inked copy and print the scan onto a clear cel
>lay shadow sheet down on light table, then the clear copy
>apply paint by color carefully
the reason being, fountain pen on slippery clear paper is tough to work with