1st. keeping in pastels rather then other colors,

2nd. using an assortment of new tools, inluding the remove white filter
3rd, said F*&K the line art corrections, and just go with what I had, in other words after the scan I let myself have exactly 1 minute with the contrast brightness bar before I put it off limits.
4th. oodlies of little things that I cold spend about 3 pages writing on, ranging from making my own stamps to custome gradiants.
In other words, alot of fun actually.