Inkink

[drewgilbert]

Wow, so hey, how's it going? Miss me? I sure missed you guys. Lots of stuff has been going on. What kind of stuff you ask? Well, we had a near miss with a flash flood. There's nothing at all like feeling helpless as water creeps up to your home. I'm sure there are other things that can make someone feel helpless, I'm merely talking about that

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[drewgilbert]

When you say base do you mean the sketch? I think that's the perfect place to begin to teach yourself how to use it, as it's not going to be seen by anyone once the art is done (Unless you want to show it, which many do).

Then of course, you have to print out in blue line the way Dave Gibbons apparently does and ink from there. What eventually happens is you start to hate the face that you have that extra step in there and you start to experiment with making the art look finished while it's still there in the computer, before you know it you are making it all in the computer. At least I think that would happen. I make so much art for animation in flash that when it's time to doodle I just stayed in there and this is what I end up with.

[drewgilbert]

I think it can work, but not for me, given the really terrible way in which I sketch. I like how your Underhunt works, and I like the loose sketchyness of a Bill Plympton cartoon, but sketching has never been a strength of mine. Oddly, I used to work with a guy who was the most amazing sketch artist I knew in real life. He was truly gifted in life drawing and quick character designs. His finished art was really underwhelming though. I think it's a product of being an animator, one is used to doing alot of drawings very quickly, not making one really great drawing. My bad sketch sensibilities aren't much help to me in animation, but somehow I squeak by

[drewgilbert]

I do, it's one thing I like about Manga. I'd like to say I do that intentionally, rather than as a result of laziness, but I would have to convince myself of that first.

[drewgilbert]

Thanks Steve, I'll turn you to the dark side yet.