Typically when working on "Little Annie Fanny", after researching the background story, Kurtzman prepared a penciled layout on Bristol board a color guide for Elder on an vellum overlay. He would then create a larger version of the page on vellum with a image area, which he would create using colored markers, working his way up from lighter to darker colors as he tightened the composition. He then traced this onto another sheet of vellum, or more if still unsatisfied with the results. He would pass this on to Elder to render the final image following Kurtman's layouts exactly after having the image transferred to illustration board.