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RyanOttley — Invincible 40 page 2
Published: 2007-03-09 17:07:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 5044; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 236
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Havn't shown my pencils to inks in a while. Heres page 2 of issue 40. I keep it somewhat sketchy and then add more when I ink.Related content
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wow, this is great. I have to wait that this arrive to Spain, the lost world, hahaha. Here we're in Invinicble issue 6, I think, when that stoned guy becames Bad, sure you know! Well, nothin ellse to say, just that you're fantastic, I really envy you. Bie!
If you want to you can check my gallery for free, LOL
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i was listening to wordballoon Colleen Doran also inks the detail new to me but very impressive
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do you use a lightbox when you go over with the ink?
kick ass page, will look forward to the rest of the issue!
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No. Lightboxing is NOT fun for me.
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I'm lovin' the ship details you have going on here. I can't wait to check out the rest of the issue!
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Man, I'm so behind on your book dude it's killing me. I hit this massive financial debt spell and I'm behind on almost every book I read. I can keep up with most because now all I pick up is Wizard but I swear to god, Wizard NEVER does anything on your guys, you should write them or something.
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Nah, Wizard is stuck on Dc and Marvel. Sucks to hear about the debt. I had to take a break from buying comics a few years ago also, you'll get over it eventually. And the trade paperbacks are pretty easy to find.
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Well, I mean if you bug them enough they'll get all interested. I mean, I hear about the Goon in Wizard all the time. Bone gets a lot of recognition even though, though good it wasn't THAT fuckin' note worthy. I dunno, maybe if you get a bunch of people asking the folks at Wizard, they've said good things about you guys in the past, I don't see why they can't at least just do a two page thing on it. I dunno. Just a thought. You guys are more enjoyable to read than any Crisis or War the other guys can through my way. Shit, even Spiderman seemed to like Invincible.
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I love looking at this sort of thing. I can't work out how you went from the pencilled background to the inked one in the first panel, all they seem to share in common is the perspective!
Which means you can draw backgrounds almost freehand with ink?! Being able to do things well IS CHEATING!
Joking aside though, that's really interesting. Was it really just one step, or did you do some work on the background before going to ink?
Anyway, do keep posting pencils, they're great to look at. We bought that Invincible poster after seeing the pencils progression here. Although as I remember it, that was another case of Step 1 -rough boxes, step 2 - amazing detailed city. I think you secretly employ background drawing nanobots.
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I guess I should've said that I DID do some pencil drawing of the background before I inked it and AFTER I scanned it. I wanted to make the BG's nice so I spent more time on them, not sure why I scanned it BEFORE I was even done pencilling it. But most of the time, I go straight to inks unless there is a glaring thing that needs re-working.
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That'll teach me to read the other comments first. That really is one step! I still say nanobots.
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The inks look so fresh and lively. Seeing the pencils alongside the finished work is interesting. Very educational.
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Oh, sweet page!
Say, do you ink with actual ink, or do you do it digitally? I can't get my inked stuff to look anything like this.
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I can't ink digitally. I use all Staedtler pens.
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Never heard of them. They easy to find? And are they expensive?
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I was using brushes and quill pens that you dip in ink, that stuff is much more expensive. This Staedtler stuff is pretty cheap. You could find it online or I bet you could find the pens at your local shop. They could order them if they don't have them.
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Quill pens? I didn't know there were still pens you needed to dip into ink.
There's a big art store downtown here, I'll have to see if those Staedtler pens are there. Thank you muchly for your help!
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Awesome. Love the style and seeing how you do it.
Going to use it as refference for my own comic art.
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so you do you have a pretty solid idea of what the interior of this ship looks like, or do you just put alotta vents, pipes, and hoses in the bkgd to give the space-shippy feel to it?
All your environments feel very deliberate and thought out.
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Well they are deliberate and thought out, but it's not like I designed rooms of this ship. I eye everything really. Glad you like it. 40 and 41 are fave issues I've ever done. I definitely spent more time on the pages, it is more thought out than normal.
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so it's not like you've got little shoe box diaramas of the martian ships sitting on your desk with little paper cut-outs of Invincible and the others....and you don't sit around for hours making laser noises and "whoosh" sounds until you hear your wife coming down the hall, then quickly throw it all under the table and start drawing again?
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If I had more time, that's exactly what I'd be doing. But I wouldn't care if my wife saw. She already knows I'm just a big fat old kid.
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I do that too, from sketch to inks. I live dangerously.
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I use this approach too. I like drawing better with inks than with pencils. I think Miller does that, too.
Really nice work here, Ryan. Superb.
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you are so good, you make me wanna kill myself... :-P
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Yeah just keep my name out of your suicide note ok? Wouldn't be good for press.
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as always Ryan a wonderful job sir. looking forward to more!
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Looks amazing.
Dumb question, what do you use for the inking?
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Why is that a dumb question?!? A dumb answer would be....ink. But that is not a dumb question. It's quite important actually. I use Staedtler mars 300 brush pens and regular Staedtler pens.
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Aaand thanks! I'm always curious about what kind of materials people use.
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Incredible amount of talent you wrack up there with your pencils and inks, man. Really impressive work.
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man i wish i had the ability of Zylar en heroes so i can pop out your head eat your brains and have your skill
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Bro you do so much work and it is so amazing. More Pros should take your example.
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Damn that's cool. Love seeing the working process of other artists.
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It looks like it just falls out of you with minimal effort and looks completely awesome!!
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This is really fun to look at. Thanks for sharing, bro.
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I guess that's the advantage of inking your own stuff, you can pretty much skip the clean pencils stage and go right to the inks. I imagine that's a huge time saver.
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Fantastic! You dont go straight to inks from that loose of drawing do you? If you do, thats impressive.
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Yes I do. I like to ink from my undetailed pencils.
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