Panel 1: Enjoy a nice, simple gray-tone background, folks! (Note that I had to include a layer of hatching to reinforce the underlying pencil tone.)

Panel 2: Enjoy the background I've dubbed "short, happy lines" that I normally use to indicate a positive mood, folks!

Panel 3: Enjoy the ominously dark 'n' swirly "emo background" I first cribbed from manga decades ago, folks!

Panel 4: Enjoy a background of speedlines drawn more for emphasis rather than motion or impact, folks! (I've informally dubbed those as "emphasis lines," BTW.)

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new. Golly!

-Adam Warren