One of the more projects I involve myself in is hand penciling and inking my own creations. Its very personal to me and I enjoy it a lot.
A few of these projects are also painted cardboard cut out, but i start all projects in the same place: witha good inked sketch.
I do digitally touch up some projects but for the most part I try to stay away from cleaning up too much as I like the grit that comes with handcraft.