I use 0.7 mechanical pencils and *Better* paper from Wal-Mart. To ink, fountain pens, or ball point. To color, Crayola pencils, markers, and my newest addition, pastels. I'm working up to water color...
There's something that has occurred to me over the years: Drawing full-size on an 8x11 paper, then scanning them, then fitting them to a page via computer. Would that work?
Aaron Uglum > Mike JacobsSeptember 12, 2017 at 3:50pm
Not sure if you mean drawing at the final print size, but I did try that years ago. Tom is absolutely right, shrinking makes your art look better.
That said, I draw my strip on 8.5x11 card stock. I just break the strip across the pages. (two 1/4 panels or one 1/3 panel per page.) You do have to be careful how things end up looking when the panels are back together. Occasionally I'll find a box or something from one panel looks like it continues on the next, which looks confusing.
Tom Montgomery > Mike JacobsSeptember 12, 2017 at 11:43am
Hi Mike,
You could do that if you want your comic to be of similar dimensions; but the comic page is generally a different aspect ratio.
Also, comic boards tend to be large because when you shrink your drawing it will look sharper and imperfections disappear.
I draw all of my comics digitally since I have to submit them to the printer digitally anyway, and it gives me incredible flexibility too, with erasing and color management, not to mention shading and highlights.
Since I don't have my own studio, I'd prefer use my computer. I make a pencil sketch on a paper (don't care what paper, usually HVS) and scan it. The rest is done in My computer. I usually use corel or photoshop.
i'm pretty much all on my tablet pc now. it's sooo flexible- i can take it anywhere and have all my needed art supplies at my disposal, digitally- plus i can work in any size and can hold it pretty much however. sometimes i sketch and scan, but other than that, it's all digital. plus the speed is amazing, and you can't edit undo a pen!
also, i was very suprised- once i started getting to know various professionals- that they draw on various sorts of media and sizes for legit projects. but also considering digest sized graphic novels- stuff is generally drawn on other than 11x17. I honestly couldn't tell of you much of any pro friends who only draw at that size- and it's often done differently. crazy!
that being said, i love inking with a brush- but in today's world, the pros of a tablet just exceed that of a brush- maybe if i have time one day, i'll go back to a brush. just takes much longer...
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I use 0.7 mechanical pencils and *Better* paper from Wal-Mart. To ink, fountain pens, or ball point. To color, Crayola pencils, markers, and my newest addition, pastels. I'm working up to water color...
Digitally. sometimes I use traditional. like any paper and a ballpoint pen. X)
Right now I am using printer paper, a standard pencil, a good eraser and a ballpoint pen, all black and white.
Hey, everybody:
There's something that has occurred to me over the years: Drawing full-size on an 8x11 paper, then scanning them, then fitting them to a page via computer. Would that work?
Not sure if you mean drawing at the final print size, but I did try that years ago. Tom is absolutely right, shrinking makes your art look better.
That said, I draw my strip on 8.5x11 card stock. I just break the strip across the pages. (two 1/4 panels or one 1/3 panel per page.) You do have to be careful how things end up looking when the panels are back together. Occasionally I'll find a box or something from one panel looks like it continues on the next, which looks confusing.
Hi Mike,
You could do that if you want your comic to be of similar dimensions; but the comic page is generally a different aspect ratio.
Also, comic boards tend to be large because when you shrink your drawing it will look sharper and imperfections disappear.
I draw all of my comics digitally since I have to submit them to the printer digitally anyway, and it gives me incredible flexibility too, with erasing and color management, not to mention shading and highlights.
Tom
also, i was very suprised- once i started getting to know various professionals- that they draw on various sorts of media and sizes for legit projects. but also considering digest sized graphic novels- stuff is generally drawn on other than 11x17. I honestly couldn't tell of you much of any pro friends who only draw at that size- and it's often done differently. crazy!
that being said, i love inking with a brush- but in today's world, the pros of a tablet just exceed that of a brush- maybe if i have time one day, i'll go back to a brush. just takes much longer...
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