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I finished inking page 5 of the comic... formerly known as page 4, but I fixed the page breaks and the whole thing is now six pages long. The colouring will have to wait till monday, since the copy shops aren't open on public holidays. And I still colour the dinosaur way, where I copy the drawing on watercolour paper and then colour it with, well, watercolours. What is this thing 'Photoshop' you speak of? ;o)

(Speaking of the devil, I just bought a copy of photoshop 6 on ebay. Ridiculously cheap, just 50 Euro. I hope there's no catch, but the offer sounded okay.)

Here's the page as it is now... unfinished and completely out of order, needless to say. The rough pencils for pages four and six are done as well, so maybe I can get the inks for those finished over the weekend.

While I was scanning this page I saw half a dozen more things to fix, but anyway:

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I used Copic and Tria markers (felt pens) for a while. They have their advantages but I went back to watercolours after a while. First of all, markers are ridiculously expensive - and not just the pens themselves, but also the refillers. They're also quite tricky to scan; unless it's done very carefully, the artwork can easily lose its brilliance. And the artwork isn't UV-resistant, which means you can't sell the original or hang it on your wall.

You can get some cool effects with markers, though. I like to use them for quick sketches, vignettes and cartoons, stuff like that.