Owie

 

This one came together pretty smoothly. The initial post-it thumbnails were scanned and composited in P-shop and then re-outputted as a redline. I filled in the beach and background with a red pencil, then went over it again with a pen. Once rescanned and re-outputted as a finished redline, I inked the final piece. A little Easter egg for those who have been to Muscle Beach (original or contemporary): if you look in the background of the cartoon, you can see the arch for Muscle Beach Venice. 

According to Wikipedia, the original “Muscle Beach refers to the exclusive Santa Monica location of the birthplace of the physical fitness boom in the US during the 20th century, started in 1934 with predominantly gymnastics activities on the south side of the Santa Monica Pier.^[1]  

Muscle Beach Venice is the contemporary title of the outdoor weightlifting platform constructed in Venice, California, 18 years after Muscle Beach was established. Muscle Beach Venice was officially titled in 1987 by the City of Los Angeles with the distinguishing name 'Venice' added to the location to honor the original Santa Monica site.^[2]”