Re: Straight digital or Bi ?

by Kathy on Mon 31 Oct - 1:29

I'm sure plenty of lefties use dip pens...just sayin,... You'd start inking from the top right corner and work towards the bottom left. But I like the idea of a brush pen. I've tried a pentel, but it seemed really stiff. Didn't get much line variation unless I pressed really hard. What kind do you use?

I've used Inkscape at work, and it's pretty good-especially since it's free!

by cartunes-r-us on Mon 31 Oct - 8:49

Give me pencil, inking by bottle and on paper any day...the best part of drawing, and saves on the electric!

by RussCartoons on Mon 31 Oct - 10:17

But what about the treeeees ?????
Lol !

Idea

by Simon Lake on Mon 31 Oct - 10:30

In England we don't concern ourselves with such frivolousness. In your neck of the woods trees and long grass are just places to let off a bit of frustration with some dubious trade.

by cartunes-r-us on Mon 31 Oct - 10:49

I hope my paper comes from sustainable trees, Russ: but I just don't know!

by RussCartoons on Thu 3 Nov - 0:31

Kathy wrote:I'm sure plenty of lefties use dip pens...just sayin,... You'd start inking from the top right corner and work towards the bottom left. But I like the idea of a brush pen. I've tried a pentel, but it seemed really stiff. Didn't get much line variation unless I pressed really hard. What kind do you use?

I've used Inkscape at work, and it's pretty good-especially since it's free!

I'm dowloading Inkscape as we speak !
Looks good so far Wink

And I know what you mean about starting at the top right of a page....I just can't do it...I see a bit of inking that I want to do first, and the rest of the drawing kinda evolves from there....and it's NEVER the bit on the top-right....maybe one day I'll discipline myself ....but to be honest, with the pentels I doubt I'll ever have to.

by RussCartoons on Thu 3 Nov - 0:37

cartunes-r-us wrote:Give me pencil, inking by bottle and on paper any day...the best part of drawing, and saves on the electric!

Agree with the "real world" idea of pencilling and inking...
Although, I do feel that every job I do now is done in two completely different stages.

First is the pencilling and inking bit, which I'll either do at the drawing desk, or curled up on the sofa.
That part is brilliant...it's the "creation" stage if you like.

Then, once the inked version is scanned in, you've got the next job.
I hate all the jiggery-pokery with set up the multiplies on layers, converting to YMCK etc, but then it becomes a task to make the cartoon look as good as possible, which is just as enjoyable as the first stage.

( The final stage of course is just looking at the finished product and either pick holes in it, or gaze in awe and wonder at the marvellous skill you have..... Wink

by cartunes-r-us on Thu 3 Nov - 5:57

We are kindered spirits, Russ! I have only been using the digital colouring for a few months, and I found it quite irritating at first-----great results though, and I am glad I stuck with it.

by Leah-Admin on Thu 3 Nov - 6:38

Russ, check out vectormagic.com too, very easy tool to convert images to vector.