Spirit Page-Pencil & Ink
A little while back I did some art for DC for a Spirit short story which was published in issue # 19. The story was written by Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier. Here’s page two, in pencil form, and then ink. The “pencils” were really digital drawing over a scan of a DC page. I then printed them out in blue, and inked on those…
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Man, it’s GREAT to see these since I have the hardcopy one here in the studio.
Just curious – why do you ink analogue when you have to scan it in again when you’re done?
Love your asteroid ‘warmups’. What you do for fun would take me all day.
I’m glad you liked the images Warren.
I try different things at different times–for example right now I am working on some comics penciled straight-ahead on the page and inked ‘old school’ (ie. no digital roughs)–but in the stuff I posted, I wanted a mixed method.
Each way of working seems to have pros and cons. Digital roughing allows a lot more changes/flexibility, but on the other hand means more time/work printing all the pencils out in blue, and then you can feel more attached to the pencils, instead of just scrubbing it out and changing it when you realize it’s crap.
With the page above, I wanted the benefits of digital roughing (ie easier/faster manipulation of stuff), while still having a physical original at the end of the process. Why? So I can sell it. Comics are not well-paid really, so this raises the value of the work. On jobs where there would be no buyer for an original, such as on many commercial art or ad jobs etc, I do it all-digital nowadays…less clutter.
Anyway, besides the resale factor, I just plain enjoy real-world inking, trying different stuff. I wasn’t that happy with this job, so I’ve gone back to brush inking, which is a fun, demanding challenge.