The only thing not done with a brush are the thin lines on Max's uniform. I used my smallest tech pen on those. Everything else was the Raphael no. 2 and the Kaimei ink. The whole page took about three and a half hours to ink, a big improvement over the ten to fifteen that the digital work took.
I'm still a little wiggly and in need of practice, but that's pretty much what CN:H is now... a hobby that lets me get some practice in. So, I may as well use it to help me learn brush inking. If the comic not being of "professional quality" bothers you... then please go read something else. Sorry, but I'm just too busy to accommodate you right now.
I'll try using the brush again on the next page, though I may need to use a tech pen here and there. Some of these panels are a little too intricate for my brush abilities just yet.
All in all, I'm pleased with the results. I didn't think I'd ever be able to ink with a brush due to the nerve damage in my wrist. Personally, I feel getting this far is quite the accomplishment. It'll be interesting to see what happens to my inking over the next few months. If I use the brush on each page, the practice is bound to cause improvements. At least, I hope it will.
Though this next page is a little scary. What was I thinking when I drew this? Oh right, I was still planning on leaving it in the clean sketch stage. Oops. Oh well, I'll make it work out.
"'I can't do it' never yet accomplished anything; 'I will try' has performed wonders."
-- George P. Burnham
6 comments:
looks good!
Thank you! :D
Looks wonderful Darc, and far better than I could ever hope to do, haha!
You need to do what will make -you- happy on the comic, and what will be best for your health. If that means fewer pages, then so be it!
Can't wait til the next chapter starts :D
The line art looks very professional to me.
@Emily: Thanks. I'm still aiming for two updates a week with a goal of three a week starting next year. At the moment it's just sitting down to work on the pages that's the problem. There's always something else happening lately. :P
@Laurie: Thank you. I'm surprised how much faster the brush inking is.
Well, I sent a comment on this a week ago and it appears to be lost in the web somewhere. Now I can't remember what all I said! :-)
Since you mentioned still having minor wiggle problems with the brush I looked at the large version of this and specifically looked for evidence of them... I found nothing! Darn good job, Darc! I definitely like the nice line weights you are getting out of the brush too.
The lady and Hunter seem to be hitting it off rather well; the horses seem to be less enamored of each other. ;-)
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