One thing I mentioned in previous WIP posts and is more evident now, is that I have been covering all but the corners of king, queen and jack cards when revealing hands until now, for the obvious reason that drawing a couple of hearts on a blank rectangle is a lot easier than the intricate patterns you see in the French standard deck for face cards. I figured this was a good moment to break that rule in terms of composition since the card forms a clear point of interest in the page, being a small spot with a lot of detail in a panel dominated by a close up of a character with a solid fur color.
I'm writing now with a significant amount of pages done ahead of time (to be able to keep up the schedule in case I get busy) and looking at the more recent pages I've been doing and looking back at this one... I'll say my one regret with this one is the panel layout being a little boring. I should have made that central panel with Walter a little bigger. You can tell from the WIP sketch to the final page there's an attempt to do that but I didn't go hard enough.