Late into the topic but loving your work IC!
Specially like your caligraphy...I really should learn that.

I started mapping the traditional way aswell...and ran into the same problems you have aswell
I skipped to digital mapping but, even though it has the cntrl-z option, it doesn't give me as much pleasure working on them as on sketching, lining, colo...blergh mistake...start over
But never the less...I'm going back to traditional...or making an attempt!

Thanks for sharing your work and tools list!