Nice pic Anna, here's a tip for computer coloring.
Instead of inking before hand, ink using the coloring program itself. I believe GIMP has the same pen tool as Photoshop does, so use that to mark out your outline then use the 'stroke' command. You end up with a nice crisp line for your outline.
Warning: Make sure your forecolor is black (or whatever color you are going to ink with) and that the brush size is the one you want for the line to be based off of. (if your current pencil brush is 1pix, the line will be 1pix thick. If its a 17 round...the line will be a 17pix thick line...)
Computer inking does take a bit to do...exspecially if the pic has a lot of details (note: you don't have to outline 'all' of the details...things like muscle details can be shown through highlights and shading), but it's worth it.
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