First rule of toondom - pants are optional. Some new arrivals find that an easier adjustment to take than others.
Inspired by a swatcher tweet and used to learn about the G'Mic Colorize lineart thingy in Krita. If you don't know about it and you hate doing fills, check out http://www.davidrevoy.com/article240/gmic-line-art-colorization
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Let them know they could go the MickeyMouse route instead and do pants and no shirt... may be more of a mouse thing anyway... :D