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Thanks for your reply. That makes a lot of sense. I've been looking more closely and even the comics that do have "backgrounds" in every panel, it's very simplistic outside the establishing shot. Some dispense with them altogether in close up shots. I've been drawing for a while, so I think I have a...

I'm working through the planning stages of a webcomic, and one of my worries is background art. I could see myself either spending too much time on the foreground/characters/dialogue and all but neglect the backdrop, or else spending too much time on the scenery in addition to everything else and bu...

I'm getting ready to start drawing a comic and debating this very question. I suspect I'll end up drawing line-art on paper, scanning it, 'inking' it with a tablet, and cel-shading in The Gimp. I could see this becoming a wearisome routine, however.

I have to agree with Metrius on line weight. One of the perks of using a tablet is that pressure sensitivity makes it very easy to vary line weight. One of the disadvantages is that it makes it very easy whether or not you want to (unless you turn it off). But if traditional media is your thing, mor...