Comics 101 for 07/19/2001
Week 4: Parts Unknown-The Pin-up!
Bleed Together
Once the pencil drawing is complete, I use my Speedball Super Black India Ink and my Hunt's 102 crowquill pen and begin the inking process. I do use tech pen to ink most of the straight edges and occasionally use black Design markers to fill in the larger black spaces which speeds up the inking process for me. I still use India ink and dip pens for the majority, about 85%, of the illustration.
Using a jar of white-out, I clean up the mistakes and smudges that I may cause from smearing the ink or dilluting it with too much water causing it to bleed through the fibers of the drawing board. I also use the white-out to paint in the stars of the outerspace background I drew as the last touch. The inking process process is now complete as seen in Example G.
Star Wars: Celebration Europe 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Print - Photo Reference, Finished Pencil Art, In Progress and Final Color Art and Comic-Con International 2007
Star Wars: Celebration IV 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Print - Photo Reference, Finished Pencil Art, In Progress and Final Color Art and Free Comic Book Day 2007