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Bob Hahn goes a bit fast on his videos so I tried to do an eye like he teaches while watching the video and replaying over and over again. I`m not disappointed, but when I tried to make the eyelid shape at the end the lines wouldnt show up. Anyway I leave it for tomorrow
Here it is what I`ve done
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but isnt the coloring done with softwares these days?
I used to color with filter pens. I dont know exactly what kind of inks designers used in the past to color their comics. There are no comics schools here. Unfortunately it is regarded as a lower form of art, or used to. Architect was the thing to be
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yes commercial art mostly is done on computers - you can get art classes for this too, at least here :)
anyhow as far as inks go:
I don't quite go back as far as 1950 :eek: but in the 1980/90's I used rotring 'artistcolor' [no longer made] which was a waterproof translucent [transparent] ink
The technique was to build up the color by applying several layers - as the color was waterproof once dry, the next layer[s] would not physically mix, but simply add to the depth of color - by laying one color on another you could get subtlety - where the color was applied thinly the board texture would be clearly visible - if you needed a color to be opaque, you mixed it with white before applying it
Added refinements would be to wet the board first and let colors flow and/or mix before drying - this would alter the texture and the look of the board too.
And of course there are water soluble inks as well.
Is it possible to mimic this technique in xtreme? - Probably, but it is going to be a bit involved I reckon [Compared to using a program that has a liquid ink brush, such as Corel Painter, but even then you have to learn how to use it of course]
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Most people who give tutorials on Youtube tell us to get Photoshop for colouring. Anyway I liked the colouring by "markmywords" all done with xara.see here
http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?t=29089
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Fair enough :D - a great example to follow
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In my own experience...
I use Manga Studio for all of mt B&W inking, Any software can be used for coloring, I prefer using Corel Painter Essentials (as I own only that, it came with my Cintiq and I like it). And Project Dogwaffle pro for lighting/particle effects.
I then use Corel X3 (powerclip) to draw my panels and insert my combined artwork.
There are a couple of pencil/inking tutorials available at gnomon which really show some skills in comic book artworks... if I'm allowed to post links I would.
Cintiq would be a good investment of you are planning on going professional.
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Cintiq is great but costs the earth. At the moment I got Photoshop on trial for a monthg. From what I`ve seen so far it`s easier to color with it than with Xara but apart from that not really better. I may download corel and see what it does
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You could colour the comic.
I think i found the trick. Do sketches with pencil, import, then use the freehand in the colors we want to color the comics and use some of the highest thicknesses,like 16 or 48.After coloring we draw the black lines and finally do the ectangles with pen tool. This is what I did with the Alix comic. Any suggestions?
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I with the Alix comic. Any suggestions?
sorry this is the drawing
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That works well. Each individual will have a way to work that fits their method and feels comfortable to them.