Custom Hand Painted Animation Backgrounds: Jessica Rabbit cel

Up next I have a cel of Jessica Rabbit - a mighty hot pose too. lol. The cel has been trimmed slightly, it is measuring approximately 12"x10". Putting it inside a mylar sleeve first, I then place the cel on the paper. I try to avoid placing the cel directly on the paper while painting, one might scratch or worse still, accidentally wet the cel and cause the paint to stick. Using a light pencil, I roughly mark out the edges of the cel. This is to give myself a frame to work within, so I know where to stop painting.

I do a light sketch of the background. Next I added some masking fluid to cover up 3 tiny windows of the background. The masking fluid will dry up and block out the paint. This is to prevent the paint from getting into the windows. I use toothpicks to do the job since the windows were really small. I try never to use any of my brushes for masking fluid, because they tend to dry up and damage one's brushes if not rinsed properly.
All the same, I try to avoid using masking fluid if I can because it smells like rotten eggs. (sulphur). yeecckss *holds nose*

Now, I start by painting a faint layer of yellow. This is to give the background some "glow" after the main blue is washed over.

Next I wash the blue all over.

Then I paint a ligher faint of blue on the left. This is where the tower will be later.

On the right I use a darker tone blue. I use a flat brush of large washes, they cover up really fast.

I start to add some details - mostly the windows and outlining the towers.

I add more windows. It is starting to resemble Toontown.

Then I add the tower on the left. I use a dirty brown on top of the blue background, hence giving it a blue-ish brown hue.

Adding some details to the tower.

Now, I painted a dark blue shadow on the tower's right to give some perspective. I also darked the tower's windows to give it some depth.

Alright, finally almost everything is done, we're left with the tiny windows which I had covered using masking fluid. The fluid has hardened into a layer of rubber, which I gently erase using my finger. It pretty much easily peeled off.