Weapons of choice for comic artists..

Turnsky · Post by **Turnsky** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:35 am

okay, since there is a sketchbook thread, i thought i might make a "what tools you use" thread.. so here goes..

for my comic i use
sketching:
a 0.5 mechanical pencil, usually with hb or 2h leads.. (pictured below)
http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Tur ... C00289.JPG

inking:
a Black Uniball Dx Gel-ink Ball-point pen( pic below)
http://uni-ball.hbi.ne.jp/catalog/show/ ... .php?no=14

coloring/shading, etc:
a 12"X12" wacom Intuos2 Graphics tablet(pic below) as well as photoshop 7
http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Tur ... C00229.jpg

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:49 am

For ze comic I used to use (and plan to use when I get started again) the following;

Everything:

Turnsky wrote:a 12"X12" wacom Intuos2 Graphics tablet(pic below) as well as photoshop 7
http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/aotd/Tur ... C00229.jpg

That's pretty much it.

Bright spark · Post by **Bright spark** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:57 am

I use:

Which ever graphic pencils I have at the time- 2B 4B 6B

Artline 210 pens- 0.4 0.6

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 7:01 am

I use Paint Shop Pro 5, a standard 102-key keyboard, and a Microsoft Wheel Mouse.

War · Post by **War** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 7:33 am

2H mechanical pencil for most pencil work. Inked with Pilot drawing pens in the 01, 03 and 08 varieties.
For straight pencil work (no inking) I'll generally use either a 2B or 3B pencil.

I'll do most of the colouring in Photoshop with a mouse, and do the odd bits with my graphics tablet. I did do most of the colouring with the tablet at one point, but I've settled back to using the mouse again.

Gage Kronos · Post by **Gage Kronos** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 8:59 am

Sletching: a drafting pencil with .5 mm width.

Inking: I hate inking, but my sketches aren't clean enough so I have to do it! I use the Micron pens...the .005, .05, and .01 mm width ones mainly, but I have a .02 and .03 width ones too...though I don't think I'll ever use them much. Too thick for my liking.

Coloring: Photoshop 6 and a mouse. I can't afford to upgrade to Photoshop 7/Elements OR to a graphics tablet right now.

Jeffy · Post by **Jeffy** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:38 am

a pencil and paper (any)
Photoshop and MSpaint

Chaos Cricket · Post by **Chaos Cricket** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 9:53 am

Computer paper and my Pilot G2 .07mm gel pen.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:13 am

Drawing:

Two mechanical pencils, a 0.3 with H leads and a 0.5 with HB leads.

Inking:

Rottring pigment inkers that I HATE.

Colouring:

Photoshop and a tablet.

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 10:58 am

Drawing:

Wide assortment of regular 2H pencils, and mechanical 0.5 HB and 2H pencils

Inking:

MY OWN BLOOD!!!!!

Colouring:

Photoshop. I have a tablet but don't use it much, because I'm not bothered enough to learn to get used to it just yet

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:08 am

My weapon of choice? Swords. And Pistols. Prefer .45, but 9mm is fine.

Well, that and F, 2b, and 4b art pencils, with ultra fine line sharpies, pilot G2's, or pilot extra fine roller ball pen for inking.

Prefered paper is card stock.

Coloring I use gimp.

Cheebs · Post by **Cheebs** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:10 am

Drawing -
Sketchbook, .05 mm mechanical pencil, eraser, clear plastic T-square.

Inking -
Sakura Micron pens sizes 01 and 08, Sakura brush pen, sometimes fountain pen.

Coloring -
Prismacolor markers, since they're easy, fast, and I can't CG for crap.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:47 am

brockway wrote:My weapon of choice? Swords. And Pistols. Prefer .45, but 9mm is fine.

I'm surprised it took 9 responses before someone said something about weapons. I was so sure that War would at least mention an axe or sharpened gerbil or something.

Mine? Blowdart. I'm freakishly good at it - I've taken matchbooks out of folks hands at 30 feet. I guess it's one of those skills you're born with, but has absolutely no real world value. Maybe I was an Aboriginee in a past life.

War · Post by **War** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:53 am

I don't need weapons. I am a weapon.

Sippan · Post by **Sippan** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:27 pm

I used to use a simple pencil. Actually, it wasn't a simple pencil, it was a push-on-the-knob-and-get-more-0.7-sized-stuff-to-draw-with pencil. Because I just hate sharpening pencils.

But now I use my mouse and Illustrator.

Both have their advanteges. I favor the latter because I don't own a scanner, so when I draw comics with a pencil, I have to travel 30 kilometers to a school I used to go to, and sneak in through the back door and pray that someone left the computer logged in. Because that's the nearest scanner I know of.

DEVO-Bot · Post by **DEVO-Bot** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:25 pm

Drawing: Photoshop and a mouse.
Inking: Photoshop and a mouse.
Coloring: You get three guesses...

I'm boring.

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:28 pm

Drawing:

Sanford Design

MechaByrd · Post by **MechaByrd** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:44 pm

Chaos Cricket wrote:Computer paper and my Pilot G2 .07mm gel pen.

w00t, the shortest distance from brain to paper, I always say. Although, hitherto I have undervalued sketching, and am looking for ways to effect this without messy pencils, like with a fine-tipped very light grey art marker. I hate having pencil lead all over me, but I don't mind ink. By the time I spend any amount of hours on art (that isn't painting), I get sick of my work.

Oh, and a crossbow, or anything that can be built from a single trip to a well-stocked hardware store.

EDIT: No one voted.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 1:53 pm

Drawing:

Paper: Copier Paper. Because it's cheap.
Pencils, one B and one 8B: I don't ink. The B lets me do the details lightly, the 8B lets me darken everything in quickly, do a few basic shading details and is dark enough for me to get rid of the B lines later in Photoshop.

Coloring: Photoshop 7 and a mouse. Because I cannot afford a tablet.

CW

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:03 pm

Drawing: Bic #2 mechanical pencil (oscillating between .5 and .7 mm) in a spiral-bound sketchbook.

Inking: Pilot Precise V7 (ballpoint gel pen) - cheaply available at the University Bookstore.

Scanning: Lexmark X75 printer-scanner dealy. Convenient.

Coloring: The GIMP (http://www.gimp.org - plug!) and a mouse.

Dealing with morons: I have my methods.

--Sij

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