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cartoonMike · 11th May 2008, 17:42

Thanks for the comments, Tony.

I'll double check the perspective on the first pix, I think it may have something to do with the (as we face it) right arm and hand of the female character. Maybe if a floor pattern is added will make the figures and such look like they belong on the same page, so to speak.

As far as inking goes, the original pencils were done on standard smooth 2 ply bristol board.

On the analog paper, I'll probably ink with a Hunt quill 102 dip pen for the finer details and a Windsor Newton series 7 #2 brush for outlines and such.

Digitally, I've scanned in the pencils at 600dpi, greyscale and imported them into Manga Studio 3 (which has an update that fixes problems with Leopard --Mac OS X 10.5 -- yea!) and will ink them using a modified pen (with settings thanks to Frenden [ www.frenden.com ] ).

Once I have a digital and analog inked version, I'm going to decide which way I'm going to ink the series in.

A few things in Digital Inking's favor is that the eye-strain for detailed work doesn't happen. I hold the wacom stylus differently than the dip-pen and much less tight of an grip, so the hand, wrist and elbow don't complain after a few hours of work. And the fact that I don't have to worry about smudging/smearing wet ink and that correcting mistakes and doing some special effects don't involve using white-out.

But then, I do like the feel of the dip-pen/brush on paper. Less things between me and my art, iykwim.

I'll probably do color flats in Manga Studio and finish the coloring in Painter. And lettering may not be done in Manga Studio, I want to experiment with Comic Life Magiq (www.plasq.com) and see how it goes. Comic Life will allow me to create Styles for things such as Balloon Text and color fills, captions, panels and pages. With Manga Studio, I have to either remember what settings I used or copy and paste the text, then change the text.

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cartoonMike Cube Join Date: May 2005 Location: Walnut Creek Ca USA Posts: 69 My Photos: ()	Thanks for the comments, Tony. I'll double check the perspective on the first pix, I think it may have something to do with the (as we face it) right arm and hand of the female character. Maybe if a floor pattern is added will make the figures and such look like they belong on the same page, so to speak. As far as inking goes, the original pencils were done on standard smooth 2 ply bristol board. On the analog paper, I'll probably ink with a Hunt quill 102 dip pen for the finer details and a Windsor Newton series 7 #2 brush for outlines and such. Digitally, I've scanned in the pencils at 600dpi, greyscale and imported them into Manga Studio 3 (which has an update that fixes problems with Leopard --Mac OS X 10.5 -- yea!) and will ink them using a modified pen (with settings thanks to Frenden [ www.frenden.com ] ). Once I have a digital and analog inked version, I'm going to decide which way I'm going to ink the series in. A few things in Digital Inking's favor is that the eye-strain for detailed work doesn't happen. I hold the wacom stylus differently than the dip-pen and much less tight of an grip, so the hand, wrist and elbow don't complain after a few hours of work. And the fact that I don't have to worry about smudging/smearing wet ink and that correcting mistakes and doing some special effects don't involve using white-out. But then, I do like the feel of the dip-pen/brush on paper. Less things between me and my art, iykwim. I'll probably do color flats in Manga Studio and finish the coloring in Painter. And lettering may not be done in Manga Studio, I want to experiment with Comic Life Magiq (www.plasq.com) and see how it goes. Comic Life will allow me to create Styles for things such as Balloon Text and color fills, captions, panels and pages. With Manga Studio, I have to either remember what settings I used or copy and paste the text, then change the text.