J. Marshall Freeman (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jmfreeman) wrote,@ 2005-11-14 10:02:00 |
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shoop goes the ink
I'm achieving a new fluency in my inking, especially in my ability to render different textures. I will continue to focus on spotting blacks, something I can do with more bravery still.
For non comic artists out there, spotting blacks means finding areas of a drawing that can be rendered in solid black -- whether this clothing and hair or shadows. It's especially exciting when you can suggest form in shadow. It makes a page crackle with energy if done right. Of course, it helps if you are drawing Hellboy and have a good reason to make vast, sinister shadows. It also helps if you are as skillful as Mike Mignola, Hellboy's artist.
Current comics I'm reading: Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, Paul Pope's 100%, Ted McKeever's Superman's Metropolis, Mikey Carey, et al's Lucifer vol. 7, Ultimate Spiderman vol. 3.
I'm achieving a new fluency in my inking, especially in my ability to render different textures. I will continue to focus on spotting blacks, something I can do with more bravery still.
For non comic artists out there, spotting blacks means finding areas of a drawing that can be rendered in solid black -- whether this clothing and hair or shadows. It's especially exciting when you can suggest form in shadow. It makes a page crackle with energy if done right. Of course, it helps if you are drawing Hellboy and have a good reason to make vast, sinister shadows. It also helps if you are as skillful as Mike Mignola, Hellboy's artist.
Current comics I'm reading: Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, Paul Pope's 100%, Ted McKeever's Superman's Metropolis, Mikey Carey, et al's Lucifer vol. 7, Ultimate Spiderman vol. 3.
