tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post8289181003594505197..comments2024-03-16T20:56:55.956-04:00Comments on Satisfactory Comics: Page 3, inkedMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-77532531983757955232007-09-11T16:31:00.000-04:002007-09-11T16:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for the encouraging words and the editing s...Thanks for the encouraging words and the editing suggestion, Tom! It has been a real challenge and a pleasure to work through these constraints. And it's a relief to get to sit back and let Isaac go to it for a while!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-64284925215112305322007-09-11T15:59:00.000-04:002007-09-11T15:59:00.000-04:00One MINOR edit I would suggset: "You should see a ...One MINOR edit I would suggset: "You should see a door on that beam UP there" would help us navigate the space in all those close-ups, I think.<BR/><BR/>THTom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-66743495870275791622007-09-11T15:46:00.000-04:002007-09-11T15:46:00.000-04:00Mike - this was a great page. Especially because y...Mike - this was a great page. Especially because you left it so pregnant for Isaac to do something interesting on the next. <BR/><BR/>The combination of the two obstructions: close-ups and breaking the grid made for a completely bizarre page which you made exceedingly readable. I especially like the levitation panel. <BR/><BR/>Now to go reread Isaac's.<BR/><BR/>Bravo.<BR/><BR/>THTom Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02625184507398503406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-15486639334743308772007-09-09T21:08:00.000-04:002007-09-09T21:08:00.000-04:00One other drawback to the brush pen: its ink isn't...One other drawback to the brush pen: its ink isn't waterproof. If you don't live in a leaky apartment and you work in black and white, this may not be a problem, but it does mean that laying watercolor over your drawings is a bad idea. If you want to do that, permanent ink laid on with a real brush is a must.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-75280282420570853962007-09-09T21:07:00.000-04:002007-09-09T21:07:00.000-04:00While we're talking tools, I'll confirm that the o...While we're talking tools, I'll confirm that the opacity and blackness of the ink is a lot better when you're using a real brush with a bottle of ink, but I've usually been able to compensate for the light exposure of the brush pen by adjusting the contrasts on scans whenever there's a problem.<BR/><BR/>Plus, I'm somewhat lazy about the maintenance of brushes and (especially) impatient about the frequent recharging of the brush by dipping it in the bottle. I have done some drawings with actual brushes on occasion, but I can think of only one page of a minicomic drawn in "the SatCom era" for which I used an actual brush as opposed to a brush pen. (About six pages of my very first minicomic were done with a brush, but hardly anyone has seen that so it barely counts.)Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-90289553853788233182007-09-09T20:44:00.000-04:002007-09-09T20:44:00.000-04:00We got ours from Pearl Paint, in NYC. They're a re...We got ours from Pearl Paint, in NYC. They're a really nice tool for learning how to draw with a brush (a difficult skill with a lot of payoff), but it still takes a long time to learn. I've been using one for about three years, and I'm still pretty clumsy.<BR/><BR/>Because the ink in them is a little light, though, I tend to use a real brush when I can.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-49698412157077509102007-09-09T20:07:00.000-04:002007-09-09T20:07:00.000-04:00I needs to get me a brush pen.I needs to get me a brush pen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com