I also draw a fair amount of sketches and drawings that I color traditionally and for those, I rely on a set of Copic Multiliner disposable markers. Along with all of that, I also have a wide collection of Sharpies and other marker brands to do large pieces and fill in black areas. These break into two main categories: brushes and quills. Brushes come in a staggering variety of shapes, sizes, and materials. It allows an inker to vary line width from tiny to thick with a single stroke and unlike wide flat brushes, it will produce a consistent thickness as you twirl the brush for curved lines.
I use a 1 or 2 size with an occasional size 7 for huge black outlines but my inking style is rather detailed; a larger size may work best for you based on your style of drawing. A round brush 2 and 7 with US quarter for size comparison.
Quills are a bit simpler; the vast majority of the industry relies on one quill nib: the Hunt Hunt also makes other quills such as the and they actually make quills from but most are very rare and hard to find but the is the king of the hill. I also have a few quills on standby for when I need to work on really fine, detailed linework.
A Hunt and with US quarter for size comparison. Both quills were pushed to near-breaking point for maximum line width.
These are refillable, have replaceable cartridge nibs, use the same ink as my brush and quill, and work great for buildings, panel borders, text, and vehicles. Since non-organic objects are often better portrayed through the use of a mono-thickness line it helps differentiate them from the flowing, full-of-life organic characters in your comic , these Rapidographs complement my other tools quite well.
Buyer beware, though. Next up are the disposable options available for inking. Here, there are dozens of brands, styles, and uses of markers.
Aside from the myriad of throwaway brands that litter the market, the biggest contenders for the professional dollar seem to boil down to Copic, Micron, and Prismacolor. The brush pen is decent with a relatively solid black and good flow but it requires Herculean strength to get the fixed-line pens to draw a consistent line and the pens do not feather at all. Stay away. Beautifully feathered lines with virtually no effort, solid black ink good for reproduction, and a wealth of sizes to do whatever you need done.
A true win-win tool of the trade and considering the price of art supplies, a rare commodity. We all love Sharpies. Crumb obviously used the same instrument for many of his early Zap comics characters. I graduated to Globe Bowls which are similar to Crowquills…. Along came the Speedball B-6 which is yet another manual dipper although I found the device to be a physically superior drawing instrument…. To follow are recent conversations from different cartoonists on their ideas in regards to drawing tools and some in depth view points on incorporating the use of digital technology into producing cartoons…….
I like how soft they are, yet still keep a point if I want one. I have Never in my professional career inked on bristol…kinda sad. I scan my sketch, or copy it, and ghost it down so the lines are quite faint, and ink on vellum, over top. I also sometimes just sit down with paper and draw the thing out in a felt tip pen on color copier paper. Just make corrections digitally.
I like to work lose and quick so from this perspective, my cartoonist drawing tools remain basic. When working with paper, I start with mechanical pencils.
My favorite being 0. For inking I have an array of Sharpies. When the ink stops, they go straight to the trash. I have found that some customers do not like the Sharpie cartoons as it looks like they were photocopied. Which reminds me, I had a college art instructor who made dozens of prefab paintings of a popular sidewalk scene.
He had them stashed into a bag. He said it helped pay his way through college. Hmmmm…maybe I should try this with some photo copies adding India Ink or whiteout for fine details. As long as they see the ink drying, it looks like an original. I really like Micron 08 pens, but I find that they dry out quickly on me.
The tool I cannot live without is a radio to listen to politicians, because they are hilarious, and very inspiring for cartoonists. You can see more of my tools in this linked blog post. For writing, the one tool I value is the internet. I use it to scan articles, websites, anything that might inspire me. I also read books and magazines, but the internet has a larger well to draw from, so to speak.
Besides pencils, pens, brushes and ink, the one tool I couldn't live without when creating comics is my light table. My wife, Karen, gave me one for Christmas in the mid's. It is not large at all, measuring only about 11" x 18", which is nice because it does not take up much space in the studio. Plus, because of it's small size, it's portable and easy to take on trips. About a month ago, after many, many years of bodacious service, this light table died!
If you have a grayed out Make it simply means you didn't have anything selected. I do recommend Deselecting by clicking on your artboard before clicking on a Color Swatch. It will feel like the Paint Bucket in Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Illustrator Tutorial using Pen Tool. Pen Tool We will be using our 2 step approach to the pen tool. Flat Color Using live paint is a fast way of getting down flat color in enclosed areas without having to use pathfinder to create shapes.
Shape Builder Our goal is to simplify Shape Builder in the next few step by step tutorials by practicing the tool as an Editing Option that can replace the Eraser Tool. Download Brushes 1. Open Other Library 2. Adding Line Weight 3. Cartoon Brushes 4. These are designed to look ready for the Sunday Paper.
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