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Going digital.
16 years ago
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Moments before I finish the next page of the Issues series, I've been thinking. Doing it all by paw, is long and hard work. Since the comic is more for me to get a better grasp on my drawing skills, not so much my colouring, I wonder, should I just ink them, and do them on the computer for colour? Most the comics I admire and pull inspiration from, are all computer coloured. Shal's many glorious comics, Slightly Damned, Furthia High. I'd like t be able to do more pages, but I think having to do all the little detail work in a comic, eats up too much time to be able to draw and do a comic.
One thing, I'm going to simplify the colours in the digital series, to allow more pages per week.
I plan to do the next arch in digital. In 2010, the comic goes Digital (like TV keeps saying) and Jimaza moves in, and Sura takes a break. Let's see what the new year has.
Merry Holidays, and happy new years.
One thing, I'm going to simplify the colours in the digital series, to allow more pages per week.
I plan to do the next arch in digital. In 2010, the comic goes Digital (like TV keeps saying) and Jimaza moves in, and Sura takes a break. Let's see what the new year has.
Merry Holidays, and happy new years.
By using a hard pencil (H or 2H) and then inking with a fine ballpoint pen, it's easy enough to erase sketch lines, scan, and digitally clean up the texture of the paper and embolden the inking. Of course, since all scanning leaves some relics of lateral color fringing, you do need to go bacj digitally to some degree and fill in areas that turn a little bit purple or blue, but for the most part it's golden.
Typically, after a scan and paper cleaning in photoshop, I'll make a new layer labeled "Color Base", set it to a Multiply layer (which means instead of the brush covering up any linework it rolls over it will only darken it, thus further emboldening the lineart) and color in all areas by hand. It's best to avoid the paint bucket or selection tools because they tend to leave empty white marks on contrasty sections of the lineart.
It's a fast process, and plenty clean looking. Shading is something else altogether though. Maybe you have a better grasp on good shading techniques, but I barely have the slightest clue how to treat sources of light as they spill onto a character. That's what I need work on, maybe you will get so good you can teach me some day. :3
Taking two days to colour by pencil, for a comic, just seems much to do, for the size of this series I have planned. Line work takes no time for me, tracing onto a fresh sheet, is also easy. The colour takes the time.
May main worry will my comic loose the charm it seems to have with some of the fans I've gotten from it?
Thanks for the tips. Re-integrating myself to digital, will take effert.