Making a picture - Step Two
After I have the sketch completed to the point that I like it I remove it from my sketchbook and slap it onto the light table. Those of you unfamiliar with the device, it's a small box with a light inside of it that allows you to trace a picture onto a clean sheet of thick Bristol board. This way the finished sheet doesn't have many pencil scribbles on it. Also if something happens and you somehow royally mess up the image, you still have your original sketch and can just transfer it another time.
These are my basic inks done in .50 technical pen. I trace over it first in pencil and then see if it eyeballs to my satisfaction, and then I'll ink it up. I'm just trying to transfer the linework at this point though so I'm not doing anything too fancy.
(If you've never seen or heard of a light table but would like to try one, some example models are here: http://www.dickblick.com/categories/lighttables/ although you can get them relatively cheaply at most art supply stores)
Step three: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3699101/
These are my basic inks done in .50 technical pen. I trace over it first in pencil and then see if it eyeballs to my satisfaction, and then I'll ink it up. I'm just trying to transfer the linework at this point though so I'm not doing anything too fancy.
(If you've never seen or heard of a light table but would like to try one, some example models are here: http://www.dickblick.com/categories/lighttables/ although you can get them relatively cheaply at most art supply stores)
Step three: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3699101/
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Wolf
Size 593 x 800px
File Size 153.9 kB
I've been guilty of stealing my wife's light table at times.
It looks like you and I approach inking in a pretty similar fashion--simply going over the sketched lines without worrying about line thickness at first. Some line thickness happens naturally at this point because of the way you're holding the pen/marker, but for the most part, the lines all come out more or less the same thickness.
Now, these days I always ink in Photoshop, so it's a snap to go back over my lines and correct little glitches (such as the one on the end of his wing on the far left side). What do you do when you're working with pen & bristol board if you make inking mistakes?
It looks like you and I approach inking in a pretty similar fashion--simply going over the sketched lines without worrying about line thickness at first. Some line thickness happens naturally at this point because of the way you're holding the pen/marker, but for the most part, the lines all come out more or less the same thickness.
Now, these days I always ink in Photoshop, so it's a snap to go back over my lines and correct little glitches (such as the one on the end of his wing on the far left side). What do you do when you're working with pen & bristol board if you make inking mistakes?
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