83 - inking page progress

Here's some progress on my first digitally inked page. Still lots to learn in Manga Studio, lots of little tools and techniques to figure out. Got until the 19th to finish this, gotta get back to work so it will be done in time for my deadline over at PencilJack.

82 - a couple of firsts

Well here we go with a stack of firsts. The above image is from a Jam session over at PencilJack my new home away from home, great place for comic book art enthusiasts. I threw my hat in to try inking a page for the new Wolverine/ Rorschach jam. Now I've never done digital inks before and I just today installed Manga Studio Debut 4 on my computer so I'm facing a double learning curve and all I can do now is pick up speed. Now I got a full pass done of the second panel on the page and have to say I am pretty happy with the results. I know there are a few things that I will change and touch up on the second pass and there is much to do on the rest of the page, but I think I am on the right path.

81 - Rock It Baby!

I have no idea why, but this is what I sketched at my dinner out with the wife tonight. Rock it baby is coming for ya... keep movin fools!

80 - and another Thing

And the second pass, did a few touch ups on some of the line work and added in a bit hatching. Not sure if I like this one or the last one better.

79 - as Things go by

And here we have the first pass of scanning in the inks and cleaning things up a bit in Photoshop. Probably going to do another pass with the lines and touch up a few spots. Just really liked how this came out and felt like sharing. Hope y'all enjoy.

And just food for thought - I was thinking tonight about a Drink and Draw night here in Boise, I wonder if anyone would be interested?

78 - what is this THING?

Step 2 done. Went back and made some changes after getting great feedback from the folks over at PencilJack, great forum. Got the digital pencils done and now I am going to print it out again and finish the inking by hand with my new ink brush ala Skottie Young style. I've never done digital pencils before and my inking skills as limited as they were are now also rusty, hopefully this turns out well.

Original drawing done by Steve McNiven.

77 - noses for characters

And more with the Simplified Anatomy by Christopher Hart. Now we have character noses, noses that help portray character types or characteristics. Fun page, except for that kid and his damned squished head. The Gladiator though I really like how he turned out. And on and away we go...