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Tutorial – Coloring Line Art and Alpha Channels
Have you ever notice how certain comics seem to have “softer” line art than others. You can’t put your finger on it, but the line art tends to blend well with its surrounding colors. Chances are,...
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Tutorial – Scanning Inks
Comic book pages here in the United States are traditionally drawn on 11″ x 17″ boards. There are usually blue lines printed on these boards to help the artist determine where the live area, trim...
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Shia Lebouf Has 3 More Comics Than You
This past weekend, movie actor and beard aficionado Shia Lebouf made an unannounced appearance at C2E2 showcasing a new series of independent comics he’s recently created (Note: Link contains some...
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Digital Inks – Making Peace with the Beast
I started using traditional inks using brush pens and liner pens back in early 2010 and I thought I had found my ideal method. However, the thing we must remember about the creation of comics on a...
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Commander Duri Expressions
This is a piece of concept art/exercise art I did over a year ago. The challenge, put out by artist Amy King was to test your ability to draw different emotions on your characters. I took up the...
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Chapter 4 Page 7
Finally, Dr. Lotus is gaining some leverage here. Just in time for this scene to be just about over. As far as process goes, I’m pleased to announce this is the first VS page that was inked with Manga...
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Setting Up Values in a Comic
I want to take a moment to talk about color values and why they’re important to make a comic page not look like a raging mess. Chris Oatley, character designer for Disney and Paper Wings guru, recently...
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The Worst Speedpaint Ever…
…is still better than no planning at all. So let’s talk about the colors of this page. I think you guys have figured out by now that I take my coloring very seriously in this comic. The atmosphere I...
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Designing the Integration
When it comes to doing a sci fi story, you have to design EVERYTHING. When I first set about this mad cap scheme of doing this comic, I had no idea how much product/vehicle/set design I was in for....
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Adia Redesign Work in Progress
Adia, tech officer, Redesign WIP. Alas, this was all I could get done this afternoon based on a sketch I made a week ago. But I’m getting better with painting.
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