You also saw her, briefly, in the back of a cart, helping Baughb to smuggle the faerie Glynhial away from the city. Now comes the actual writing and drawing. Once I have a plan, I begin writing the dialogue, straight onto the bristol. The bristol is 12x18 inches, by the way, if you were wondering. By this time, I've already ruled out my standard set of panels.
Some cartoonists use non-repro blue pencils to create a skeletal layout.
I don't, but that's a personal choice. I move things around too much in the drawing process to be tied down to a blue diagram. Sometimes, if the scene is more action oriented, I will draw the charactes first, and then work in the dialogue. But whichever order, one thing is constant. If I draw five panels and then realize the five panels are way off course, I will be courageous and erase the whole thing and start anew.