This post is not
designed as a
tutorial! It is simply to show how I work from
concept to
completion. I hope you enjoy!
First I started out with a sketch on notebook paper to
decide the look and most of the details.
After I got it to were I was happy with it, I inked the sketch.

Then,
using a light box and clean paper, I inked the drawing on to drawing paper. then, because the web
designer asked for a
digitally colored image, I
scanned it into the computer.

I then opened it with GIMP and began to block in the colors. this shows the boy with his skin, hair, and shirt finished. The girls skin is
finished, but the hair is just blocked.

I continued playing with the color of the girls outfit
until I got it to a point were I liked it. then I added the table top. I ran into a bit of
difficulty with the lap top as I'm not the most
technologically adept person in the world, but
Google is a wonderful tool, so after
using that I figured out how to
manipulate GIMP to do what I wanted it to. but in the
process I
eliminated the word laptop from the picture, but I left the
smiley face.
Then I
transferred the picture to another "
canvas" that was the right size for the website.
Finally, I added a background and the text and ... TA DA finished picture!