comic by yhlee and myself: page 7/12, coloured & lettered

[astridv]

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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[astridv.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be nosy

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.