tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post4259372048098912025..comments2024-03-28T18:17:48.380-04:00Comments on Satisfactory Comics: Page 2, inkedMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-60727025944526008662007-09-09T00:48:00.000-04:002007-09-09T00:48:00.000-04:00Sorry, not to be confusing with my reference to "p...Sorry, not to be confusing with my reference to "pens": I'm using a pen technology (ink in cartridges) married to a brush tip. So no nibs at all, but technically, yes, a pen. That behaves like a brush. With a lot less dipping in an inkwell!Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-25017122482510048662007-09-09T00:46:00.000-04:002007-09-09T00:46:00.000-04:00You are correct, sir: our trusty Japanese brush-pe...You are correct, sir: our trusty Japanese brush-pen served for everything except the lettering and panel borders, for which I used a Rapidograph for the very first time. I actually tried to use the Rapidograph to do some of the texturing in the leftmost panel on the bottom tier, but I didn't like the look of it--the lines were too regular (duh, it's a technical pen) and even though I used a small-bore nib (00/.30) the lines looked too thick to me. So, argh, I made all the tiny lines with tiny motions of the brush.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, these pens were first pointed out to me by Jon Lewis, and I got the details on the brand and where to get it (in New York) from Jason Little. Cartoonists helping cartoonists, that's our motto...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718383312170645138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-88615463755531970382007-09-07T16:07:00.000-04:002007-09-07T16:07:00.000-04:00Actually, I'm pretty sure that Mike inked that who...Actually, I'm pretty sure that Mike inked that whole page (even the tiny texture lines) with a brush. The lettering and the panel borders are done with a technical pen.<BR/><BR/>If you look at the enlarged scan, you can even tell that his brush is loaded up with some pretty light ink.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-35666569988684220572007-09-07T15:49:00.000-04:002007-09-07T15:49:00.000-04:00What do you use to ink with? I can tell most of t...What do you use to ink with? <BR/><BR/>I can tell most of this is done with pen but the inking on the bottom of walls, the chest, and the table Arntham is writing on look different.<BR/><BR/>Nibs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3290662109425559453.post-9816561400387401572007-09-07T09:18:00.000-04:002007-09-07T09:18:00.000-04:00That page looks really nice. It's very much in kee...That page looks really nice. It's very much in keeping with our "pack in the incidents" philosophy. (I'm already hoping I can do some Tintin-type <I>adventure</I> on p. 4, though I am still totally unsure what it's going to involve! Something to do with that bone and a bunch of advertisements...)<BR/><BR/>It's a real treat to see you raising the bar like this, Mike. I hope I'm up to it (as a cartoonist).<BR/><BR/>I have to say, though, I'm sorry to see Arntham go. I was sort of looking forward to drawing him again.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.com