Let the celebration begin
Azaeziel on Feb. 14, 2007
Philio: I may try inking some time, but I don't have any of those cool pens and stuff, and really don't konw how. It would probably have to be with like a bic uniball or something, and I really don't want it to look crappy. But thanks for the encouragement, I may try one soon just to see how it comes out.
Wingnut: Yeah, 9 to 5ers are hell. Heheh…
Bluebug: It's a real life metaphor, I use it all the time when I think about work on Monday mornings.
philo at 7:23PM, April 1, 2007
Hey, sorry it took me so long to come back here again. (BTW, the facial expression in the las panel is neat). If you want to ink you have to chose what you're going to ink - it can be a standard pencil, in which case you have to be very careful when you erase it with a rubber, or with a blue pencil, which you can digitally erase using photoshop without so you won't dammage the paper. The inking instrument can either be an art pen (cheaper, needs bottled ink and you can regulate the line thickness depending on the force you use on it, but harder to master) or lining pens (rottring, stabylo, etc.) which are more expensive and you'll need many of them for thinner and thicker lines (I use a 0.1 mm, a 0.8 mm, and I used to have a 0.5 mm that was great for medium lines but I haven't bought a new one; I also have a thick 1.0 mm marker for frame borders, and also a thicker marker to fill big black areas so I don't have to use a brush). Oh, and you may need a white correcting pen too. The most important thing is to first practice a little before inking your serious job - remember that when you ink you can't go back anymore... but also remember that inked drawings look cool, and then you can apply halftone patterns and so on to make great comics. Now i'll keep reading. Bye!
JillyFoo at 9:16AM, Feb. 16, 2007
hahaha sneaky.