The middle panel was a case of decent penciling, rushed inking, and even more rushed coloring. I got ambitious at the last minute, and it made me stay up late to turn out something I’m not proud of. This should be a lesson: Get ambitious when you have a buffer. You have more time to sketch stuff out, practice drawing, practice coloring, so you know you’ll get what you want. It also helps to have the story line planned far enough ahead that, even if you run the ragged edge of updates, you still can practice scene ideas you have. It didn’t help me here, but keep those sketchbooks going. They make a huge difference.