Flatshaded version. Placed in scraps since it's going to be shaded/highlighted.

This was a new one on me--coloring a con sketch (discovering new tactics each time I post a new pic is starting to feel like uncovering new power-ups in Metroid).

For this, I had to employ a method used by artists I've watched who digitally color their pencil drawings without inking them, by splitting the pic into seperate lineart over blank layers. By working in a manner similar to a traditional cel painter, one is able to paint behind the lines and not have to fuss with incomplete enclosures or minor pinpricks where the ink did not cover every pixel it was supposed to.

I'm completely new to this way of coloring, but it was necessary as otherwise I would have had to extensivley rework the lineart where I employed crosshatching on the original drawing. As this was a somewhat complex inking job in the first place (mostly around the train), it still involved lots of lasso-select operations around every area that was to be filled, since there are no outlines on the layer where you're painting. While I was at it, I made the opposite side of the platform a station building in order to balance out the detail across the pic.

This pic is going to get the shading and highlighting treatment courtesy of the Micrografx Picture Publisher equivalent of layers, as I did with the previous OpenCanvas pic, so it'll be interesting seeing how this turns ouut.