The texture of the paper, the smell of the ink and the subtle sounds of the brush and pen brings the artist to a different place and the art shows it. "Happy accidents" aren't just the line that got away but a shift in view, an insight not considered before, this comes from the warmth and emotions of life's experiences, this is what the artist brings. Thank you for showing your art techniques and workflow.
Very on-point, Robert! When drawing and inking on paper, it's become my "quiet time" these days. I'm already on the computer so much these days for work, social media, etc. I relish my time working on my drawing board, which I simply set up on my computer work area. Thank you!
I smell what this guy is cooking. Seems like a cool dude, too. I've driven myself into a kind of insanity flavored creative paralysis by overthinking and over working pages. The old gen used to say the same thing. "Stay loose" and "be fluid." I find that it amps up the creative process while clamping down on perfectionism stifles it.
Thank you for the kind words :) I'm working on trying to loosen up in my drawing as well. I think for myself personally, working on the iPad and even the Wacom probably contributes some amount to that stiff look. Although I'm not saying that by drawing on paper, my work is going to be any better. But I think it's a step in the right direction for myself personally.
@ReneArreolaArt Not at all, I think your work is great. I was merely in concert with you regarding perfectionism or getting too "precious" (that cracks me up). I couldn't agree more. You seem like a solid inker, too. The 360* creators doing it all deserve a lot of credit, in my opinion.
@@Xodgilla Thank you, yes, as the sole creator in my comic book, I literally do it all. It can be quite a stretch to create s single page of comic art for me, since after creating the line art, I still need to color and letter the page. But, I LOVE IT!!!
I've had a line that I thought had a perfect thin to thick only to mess up in the inking and having to try and smooth it out only to end up with something so much less than what I wanted and be so aggrivated by this I just went to bed. So yeah, all too familiar with being too precious about it.
Yeah, that will happen and can happen to any of us, right? Best to move on and make sure to do it better the next time :) Also, I will fix stuff in photoshop if I need to. Up to a point, the "drawing" part is a craft. Once the artwork is scanned and ready for comic book production, it becomes a "product" in my book. And so it is necessary to make the best product one wants to put out there.
Something that Moebius has said about his work is that he would use "automatic drawing" - the exercise of allowing your pen to move without consciously controlling it - to let go of preconceptions and discover new approaches. I have a square, 8x8" sketchbook that I recently started using for improvisational comics, everything done in ink directly. I've always been prone to doodling and this is a kind of upgrade to that when I get bored of simply making figures and faces. It produces a moment of terror when I start, because I don't know exactly how I'll start. But the format is just right for a little four panel rumination where the first panel I make becomes a theme for the other three. Sometimes it's a diary or life commentary, song lyrics, or dream-like, psychosexual in nature. The drawings I do for that usually aren't good, and they probably aren't supposed to be when it gets that personal. But the happy accidents do occur nonetheless.
I love that idea of "automatic drawing". To your point, I've kept several sketchbooks myself where I will go straight to sketching a pen. I have tons of drawings of when I was in art school and I forced myself to sketch with pen during my art history classes. I would literally sit there and just sketch the slides in class! Inking is my favorite part of my comic book creation process. My sketchbooks feature a lot of really "bad" drawings too, but then again, those really aren't meant for anyone else to see. They are for me to devise, sketch, create, review, then simply move on to the next sketch :)
Hi, nice video! I work on digital, but I love traditional... Paper, pen and inking... But I need to work on digital because my vision problem, sometimes is too hard to see details in the traditional way.
Thanks, I'm happy you like the video and thanks for checking it out. Being able to zoom in digitally definitely has its advantages. So good for you that you are able to utilize it for that :) I know for me personally, I'm at a stage where I want to minimize the amount of time I spend staring at the computer (or phone) screen. Working traditionally helps get me away from my computer, and I like that sometimes.
Quick question, what are you using for the masking tape? I never thought of doing that, but can really see the benefits with quicker inking of the panels and clean gutters.
I'm using a low tack white artist's paper tape. I've had my roll for a while actually, and it shows Scotch 3m. If you look online, or maybe even at a local Michael's art store (if there's one near you) you can probably find it in the masking tape or similar section.
You are crafting work in the tradition of the best comics era's in history. None of the great stuff that came out of EC and Marvel (1962-1986 R.I.P) and Warren Magazine and the brilliant funnies of the 20's and 30's were precious. They were alive, and spontaneous, and produced by disciplined artists. The stuff pumped out of the "professionalized" anal retentive mills over the last twenty years is antiseptic and wooden. Sometimes as tedious and painful to look at as it obviously was to draw.
There is a video somewhere of Neal Adams stating something to the effect that "we comic book artists are drawing work to be reproduced on 'toilet paper', meaning the pulpy newsprint. He wasn't wrong :)
The texture of the paper, the smell of the ink and the subtle sounds of the brush and pen brings the artist to a different place and the art shows it. "Happy accidents" aren't just the line that got away but a shift in view, an insight not considered before, this comes from the warmth and emotions of life's experiences, this is what the artist brings. Thank you for showing your art techniques and workflow.
Very on-point, Robert! When drawing and inking on paper, it's become my "quiet time" these days. I'm already on the computer so much these days for work, social media, etc. I relish my time working on my drawing board, which I simply set up on my computer work area. Thank you!
I smell what this guy is cooking. Seems like a cool dude, too.
I've driven myself into a kind of insanity flavored creative paralysis by overthinking and over working pages.
The old gen used to say the same thing. "Stay loose" and "be fluid." I find that it amps up the creative process while clamping down on perfectionism stifles it.
Thank you for the kind words :) I'm working on trying to loosen up in my drawing as well. I think for myself personally, working on the iPad and even the Wacom probably contributes some amount to that stiff look. Although I'm not saying that by drawing on paper, my work is going to be any better. But I think it's a step in the right direction for myself personally.
@ReneArreolaArt Not at all, I think your work is great. I was merely in concert with you regarding perfectionism or getting too "precious" (that cracks me up). I couldn't agree more.
You seem like a solid inker, too. The 360* creators doing it all deserve a lot of credit, in my opinion.
@@Xodgilla Thank you, yes, as the sole creator in my comic book, I literally do it all. It can be quite a stretch to create s single page of comic art for me, since after creating the line art, I still need to color and letter the page. But, I LOVE IT!!!
I've had a line that I thought had a perfect thin to thick only to mess up in the inking and having to try and smooth it out only to end up with something so much less than what I wanted and be so aggrivated by this I just went to bed.
So yeah, all too familiar with being too precious about it.
Yeah, that will happen and can happen to any of us, right? Best to move on and make sure to do it better the next time :) Also, I will fix stuff in photoshop if I need to. Up to a point, the "drawing" part is a craft. Once the artwork is scanned and ready for comic book production, it becomes a "product" in my book. And so it is necessary to make the best product one wants to put out there.
Something that Moebius has said about his work is that he would use "automatic drawing" - the exercise of allowing your pen to move without consciously controlling it - to let go of preconceptions and discover new approaches.
I have a square, 8x8" sketchbook that I recently started using for improvisational comics, everything done in ink directly. I've always been prone to doodling and this is a kind of upgrade to that when I get bored of simply making figures and faces. It produces a moment of terror when I start, because I don't know exactly how I'll start. But the format is just right for a little four panel rumination where the first panel I make becomes a theme for the other three. Sometimes it's a diary or life commentary, song lyrics, or dream-like, psychosexual in nature. The drawings I do for that usually aren't good, and they probably aren't supposed to be when it gets that personal. But the happy accidents do occur nonetheless.
I love that idea of "automatic drawing". To your point, I've kept several sketchbooks myself where I will go straight to sketching a pen. I have tons of drawings of when I was in art school and I forced myself to sketch with pen during my art history classes. I would literally sit there and just sketch the slides in class! Inking is my favorite part of my comic book creation process.
My sketchbooks feature a lot of really "bad" drawings too, but then again, those really aren't meant for anyone else to see. They are for me to devise, sketch, create, review, then simply move on to the next sketch :)
That was awesome, the speed, the narration, very inspiring and informative. Thank you
Thank you, I appreciate it so much!
Hi, nice video! I work on digital, but I love traditional... Paper, pen and inking... But I need to work on digital because my vision problem, sometimes is too hard to see details in the traditional way.
Thanks, I'm happy you like the video and thanks for checking it out. Being able to zoom in digitally definitely has its advantages. So good for you that you are able to utilize it for that :) I know for me personally, I'm at a stage where I want to minimize the amount of time I spend staring at the computer (or phone) screen. Working traditionally helps get me away from my computer, and I like that sometimes.
Quick question, what are you using for the masking tape? I never thought of doing that, but can really see the benefits with quicker inking of the panels and clean gutters.
I'm using a low tack white artist's paper tape. I've had my roll for a while actually, and it shows Scotch 3m. If you look online, or maybe even at a local Michael's art store (if there's one near you) you can probably find it in the masking tape or similar section.
@@ReneArreolaArt Ordered some. This will really come in handy. Thanks so much!
You are crafting work in the tradition of the best comics era's in history. None of the great stuff that came out of EC and Marvel (1962-1986 R.I.P) and Warren Magazine and the brilliant funnies of the 20's and 30's were precious. They were alive, and spontaneous, and produced by disciplined artists. The stuff pumped out of the "professionalized" anal retentive mills over the last twenty years is antiseptic and wooden. Sometimes as tedious and painful to look at as it obviously was to draw.
There is a video somewhere of Neal Adams stating something to the effect that "we comic book artists are drawing work to be reproduced on 'toilet paper', meaning the pulpy newsprint. He wasn't wrong :)