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ryanamandaanna In reply to TGping [2008-08-26 15:32:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm trying!

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TGping In reply to ryanamandaanna [2008-08-26 16:05:24 +0000 UTC]

do you feel like your skills are growing when you ink these pages? If not, you may want to start on some new sequentials.

I want to see some totally new stuff from you. I say when you get more solid pencil pages, then throw som ink on there.

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ryanamandaanna In reply to TGping [2008-08-26 17:28:30 +0000 UTC]

I feel like I'm getting better a page at a time, though I haven't felt some sort of significant increase. I'm wanting to do my own short story sometime soon, but I feel like I need to finish these off before I do anything else, if nothing else, just to say that I finished it. My goal is to do two pages a week, so with any luck, I should finish in 4 weeks, and then I can color these at home and work on something else during the day at work (which is where I've been working on these )

24 hour comic day is coming up in October, and I'm planning on participating in that. It's a huge challenge, but I'd at least like to give it a try...

As far as the pencilling/inking goes, I moved away from traditional pencils because when I inked and erased, the inks would become faded. Now I lay down red pencils with loose shapes and sketches, and then add the details as I ink. It makes the inking process longer, but then I don't have to erase, because I can just remove the red lines with photoshop. I used this method on pages 15-17, so you may be able to tell a difference between the first 14 pages and the last 3... can you see any improvement with those... or did it just get more cartoon-y?

Thanks for the comments, by the way, It's always nice to get some advice.

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TGping In reply to ryanamandaanna [2008-08-26 18:19:38 +0000 UTC]

I scan my original pencil pages, then print them out in blue, I convert it to duotone in photoshop and use cyan 25 I think.

That way you have a fully penciled page and no worries about erasing. And you can practice inking the same page if need be.

And I left a comment on another older page.

the only problem is getting t printed on 11x17.

But I just go to office max or something.

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ryanamandaanna In reply to TGping [2008-08-26 18:47:50 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like you have to go through twice as many boards...? If I could pull that off at home, that would probably be somewhat practical, but I don't think I have the means to pull it off...

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TGping In reply to ryanamandaanna [2008-08-26 19:58:21 +0000 UTC]

well, I have an 11x17 scanner that cost 200$ and I'm lookin at a printer that can print 11x17, and that cost 300$ I think, an HP9800... maybe.

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ryanamandaanna In reply to TGping [2008-08-26 21:13:01 +0000 UTC]

Will it print on bristol, or do you just use A4 paper?

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TGping In reply to ryanamandaanna [2008-08-26 22:20:25 +0000 UTC]

bristol that I cut to size.

Or I have discovered Canson makes comic paper as well, and it seems better than blueline, at least for inking. I got it from my local comic shop.

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