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sagallacci 's work in his long running ALBEDO series. The shading that he used was very warm and soft, even in the hard edged mechanical drawings he was doing. Photoshop, Illustrator, and even Painter simply can't reproduce some of the variable shading that he did at that time. I asked him how he does it and it's all with ink washes. Recently at FC, he demonstrated the technique and I knew I simply had to try it out.
I drew up a quick bunny for this purpose and made up five diluted levels of washes in a watercolor tray. Counting the number of drops from the ink bottle and from a water drop bottle, I could control the mix exactly. Why? So I can reproduce the results next time, of course.
The whole purpose of doing this is to see if it can reproduce mechanically. I shaded up the bunny you see here and then scanned and printed it. The print out is a bit darker but not much. That's something I can adjust in my scan though. The soft tones and warmth that I was looking for reproduced wonderfully.
I'm sold. It's like working in markers that I like but in greyscale. It's fast, easy, and the results are good. I'm going to try a few more pics this way.
sagallacci 's work in his long running ALBEDO series. The shading that he used was very warm and soft, even in the hard edged mechanical drawings he was doing. Photoshop, Illustrator, and even Painter simply can't reproduce some of the variable shading that he did at that time. I asked him how he does it and it's all with ink washes. Recently at FC, he demonstrated the technique and I knew I simply had to try it out.I drew up a quick bunny for this purpose and made up five diluted levels of washes in a watercolor tray. Counting the number of drops from the ink bottle and from a water drop bottle, I could control the mix exactly. Why? So I can reproduce the results next time, of course.
The whole purpose of doing this is to see if it can reproduce mechanically. I shaded up the bunny you see here and then scanned and printed it. The print out is a bit darker but not much. That's something I can adjust in my scan though. The soft tones and warmth that I was looking for reproduced wonderfully.
I'm sold. It's like working in markers that I like but in greyscale. It's fast, easy, and the results are good. I'm going to try a few more pics this way.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Rabbit / Hare
Size 640 x 800px
File Size 132.6 kB
shes definintly cute! I see what you are saying with the shading there. Will markers lay on top of it for some color? :D I love combining medians like that. Im gonna have to try this out. ... though, I think her muzzle is a little long for a bunny, but I think that is just kind of your style. ^_^;
Markers should work on top of the washes, but the result would probably be kinda muddy. If you want to do color, then your best bet is to rewet the area with water and use watercolors instead.
And yeah, the muzzle is long. I've been drawing roos and canids all weekend long at FC so it's sticking in my head.
And yeah, the muzzle is long. I've been drawing roos and canids all weekend long at FC so it's sticking in my head.
First off, brush pens are for inking, not shading. You can't get variable tone levels with a brush pen unless you have multiple pens.
I made up the variations in tone by using one of those plastic dimple trays for mixing paint. I made different strengths of wash by putting in a single drop of ink in each of the dimples, then adding drops of water to each. For the darkest tone, I used 1:1. For the next darkest, I made it 1:2 (ink/water drops). I kept that up until I got to 1:5.
Now I start with that weakest 1:5 solution and go over all the areas I'm going to tone. It's a base color. Leave highlights empty- you can't get any brighter than white, after all. You can always go darker, but going lighter is a pain.
After that, you just play with the resuts. Spread your wash over the area you want with a brush, keep a paper towel handy. When you lift your brush, you'll find it leaves a dot of darker tone before it dries. You can eliminate that by drying your brush on the towel, then go back with he mostly dry brush and touch the dot. It will wick back into the brush and leave your area clear. You can also just push the spot to the lines for more shadwing.
It's worth having scrap paper of the same kind you are workign with to practice on. If you have done any marker work, then it's pretty much the same way, but actually faster.
I may branch out into doing some water color work based on some of the results I've had.
I made up the variations in tone by using one of those plastic dimple trays for mixing paint. I made different strengths of wash by putting in a single drop of ink in each of the dimples, then adding drops of water to each. For the darkest tone, I used 1:1. For the next darkest, I made it 1:2 (ink/water drops). I kept that up until I got to 1:5.
Now I start with that weakest 1:5 solution and go over all the areas I'm going to tone. It's a base color. Leave highlights empty- you can't get any brighter than white, after all. You can always go darker, but going lighter is a pain.
After that, you just play with the resuts. Spread your wash over the area you want with a brush, keep a paper towel handy. When you lift your brush, you'll find it leaves a dot of darker tone before it dries. You can eliminate that by drying your brush on the towel, then go back with he mostly dry brush and touch the dot. It will wick back into the brush and leave your area clear. You can also just push the spot to the lines for more shadwing.
It's worth having scrap paper of the same kind you are workign with to practice on. If you have done any marker work, then it's pretty much the same way, but actually faster.
I may branch out into doing some water color work based on some of the results I've had.
The hard edge of the marker leaves a very distinct line that is harder to make look natural. There are times when you want this, but often I do not. In order to blend the markers, I have to keep the area pretty wet.
Also, those things are entirely too expensive at times. Ink is exceedingly cheap. I can make any number of variable strengths on the fly in huge quantities.
Markers have their place, but not for the effect I'm going for in a comic project.
Also, those things are entirely too expensive at times. Ink is exceedingly cheap. I can make any number of variable strengths on the fly in huge quantities.
Markers have their place, but not for the effect I'm going for in a comic project.
Easy, let's just get together at some location that we can hang out and doodle / try techniques with no fans around.
There's a group trying to start an artist workshop thing down at their *big* house in Puyallup South Hill that might fit the bill.
Sorry fans, sometimes even artists need some private time to do workshops.
There's a group trying to start an artist workshop thing down at their *big* house in Puyallup South Hill that might fit the bill.
Sorry fans, sometimes even artists need some private time to do workshops.
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