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comic by yhlee and myself: page 7/12, coloured & lettered
I just looked through my back posts... I started drawing this comic about four months ago, aiming for two pages a months. With seven pages done, it looks like I'm gonna finish it this year as planned. I might even be able to contain it in eleven pages instead of the projected twelve, depends on how well I can get the final panels to fit on one page. Right now the ending seems a little rushed if I do that but we'll see. Anyway, more than halfway done. :)
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Also, as much as Spike is a great foil for Angel, in Haddyn Gunn is the more logical complement. :-D
I love the way we go from orange shading in the top two panels to the darkness of the city to the green of the bottom panels.
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I love the way we go from orange shading in the top two panels to the darkness of the city to the green of the bottom panels.
When I scanned and uploaded the page, I notice that the scrolling down you have to do in this format actually enhanced the artwork and the dialog unfold. Usually when I design the layout I do it with the printed page in mind... but maybe I can use this scrolling effect more in future pages.
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Hey, LJteam, instead of selling out to the big companies to finance spiffy new toys like SMS, how about fixing basic things... like letting us edit our comments. Argh.
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Thank you so much for doing this and sharing it with us.
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May I ask a few art geekery questions? I assume that's watercolor, but what sort of paper are you using? Is it the same as what you've inked on? (I find paper good for ink to be incompatible with paper good for watercolor, which is why I'm wondering). Sorry to be nosy, but I love the way your color and ink are both so good. And, are you using dip pens or permanent markers?
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Are you kidding, I love talking about that stuff. You're an artist? Normal people rarely ask this stuff. *g* Yeah, it's watercolour, with a bit of ecoline and acrylics thrown in for good measure. After a looong time of frustrating search I settled for types of watercolour paper I'm happy with, both made by Fabriano. For artwork like this comic, I use Fabriano Artistico, hot pressed, in 200g. It has the huge advantage that it's light and smooth enough that my printer can handle it, or any xerox machine.
I ink on any kind of smooth cardboard. At Comic Con I bought this block of BlueLinePro Art Board which has the borders already printed on in light blue, which saves a little time.
For inking I've tried anything that leaves a black line, and have now reduced it to an assortment of Copic Multiliners, which come in all kinds of sizes and are waterproof, and a Zebra brush pen. That Zebra pen was the big tip at Comic Con. It's hard to get in Europe or the US but I bought a few from ebay Hongkong... because they're really that amazing. The line is flexible but still very easily controlled. I'm totally in love with them.
(I find paper good for ink to be incompatible with paper good for watercolor, which is why I'm wondering).
For some kinds of kids' book illus I ink directly on the watercolor paper, using Fabriano Artistico, soft pressed, in 300g... it acts more like a true watercolor paper because of the structure, but you can still ink on it with a nib and it scans okay. (I use shorthand nibs, they're the only kind I can get along with :P)
Uh, hope that wasn't more than you wanted to hear :)
I'm glad you like the page. I'm pretty happy myself with the way the colours of the cityscape turned out.
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Will have to get my grubby little artists paws on some of that Fabriano paper. I love watercolors but haven't been doing much of them lately because I've been doing so much black and white stuff and if it turns out well enough I don't want to risk adding the color over it. The idea that I could put that through a xerox machine, Ooooooooooooooh.
I will also have to try the Zebra pen you mentioned. I'm highly addicted to Zebra brand G-nibs, which I can only find at WetPaint Art. I have a Sakura and a Faber Castle Pitt brush pen that I like okay, but they aren't as controlled as I'd like. I tried a Tombo, but just my damp skin smeared marks all over creation, so that one is Right Out. I've never tried the Copic line of multiliners, have been mostly using the Pigmas. Mmm, pens.
Thank you so much! I'm really looking forward to more of this comic.
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I can't even remember if I came up with that idea myself or if someone told me. I just remember talking to an American artist at some party otherwise, enthusiastically gushing about my new discovery, and he told me he put everything through his trusty old printer, even canvas. My Brother printer can't handle canvas, but I'm pleased enough that it swallows the Fabriano if I switch to 'thick paper'. And most of the xerox machines at the copy shop should do, if your printer gives you trouble.
The best part is, once I started colouring on printouts instead of originals, my inking improved by leaps and bounds, practically overnight. Before, I'd been constantly aware that I couldn't screw up a line or it would be pretty much impossible to fix... very stifling. Now, all that's needed is a little whiteout. It's so freeing. For the colouring, too, because you can always print it out again if you don't like the first version.
*wishes LJ had comment edit feature. Again.*
Don't we all. Pretty much every day.
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I forgot, if you're interested I have another one here (http://astridv.livejournal.com/28055.html). It's complete. Six pages long.
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I just remember talking to an American artist at some party otherwise,
... otherwise? I don't know why I put that in there. Yeah, comment edit. Much needed.