How is YOUR comic done?

Naohiro · Post by **Naohiro** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:07 pm

I draw mine out in pencil first, then I color it in on Photoshop. ^^ It usually takes me about 2 hours to draw it out (since I do it during school. Bad me! ><U) and another 2 hours or so to color it. I don't bother with inking though. I think it comes out fine with pencil.

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:18 am

Mr.Bob wrote:But naked pictures?

Maybe he was in the shower when your character called him. See? There's a perfectly logical explanation for everything.

SilverDistortioN · Post by **SilverDistortioN** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:11 am

i do mine in photoshop with a mouse. (it hasn't been published yet; today's my 7th day. i know you're all on the edge of your seats... >.>)

i script and storyboard with sketches almost as rough as my final product. the overall, long-term plot is stored up in my head somewhere. next to the doritos, i think.

i'm going for a really minimalistic style, and i would have opted for ms paint, but i decided to use photoshop to smooth the edges. you see, i'm not a particularly good artist, but i think i do a reasonably good job at hiding it... >.>
oh, plus the whole minimalism thing cuts down on production time a whole hell of a lot. ^.^

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:31 pm

Pretty boring. I draw in pencil (big, mind - one row of the comic to a page) then ink on to a new sheet of paper using a lightbox, scan at 300dpi, colour and add any special effects, shrink, and finally add the dialogue and sound effects.

- Joel Fagin

Isukiyomi · Post by **Isukiyomi** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:47 pm

Draw with pencil, ink with sharpie, scan at 300dpi and colour and add text with Photoshop.

Underbelly · Post by **Underbelly** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:59 am

Hard Underbelly is penciled on Strathmore Bristol Smooth, inked with Micron pens, then the pencils are erased. I scan it and clean it up in Photoshop a bit, then letter it with Anime Ace.

The Wrong Band is pretty much the same process, except I don't remove the pencils, for that home-made MegaTokyo feel, and color it with the Multiply brush in Photoshop so that the artwork is not obscured by the colors.

Ferguson · Post by **Ferguson** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:14 am

Pencil on printer paper (stolen from work)
Ink with sharpie
Scan at 300
Flash
Lather
Rinse
Repeat

Andronis · Post by **Andronis** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:29 pm

I work exclusively within DAZ Studio, Bryce, and Photoshop. I own a tablet, but even when I make textures for the 3d characters I usually just use my laptop's trusty touchpad.
The most important tool for me is RAM, though. I had to put everything on a big hiatus because I was making things more detailed than my computer could work on. I finally got an upgrade, so I'm ready to move on and start the real plot on Monday.

Rhellik · Post by **Rhellik** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:41 pm

By the way: I just broke my speed record for one page: Two and a half hours

beat that!!

Andronis · Post by **Andronis** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:04 pm

Rhellik wrote:By the way: I just broke my speed record for one page: Two and a half hours
beat that!!

If I threw out the backgrounds and reduced texture resolution, I bet I could!