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This started as a sketch page but then I started drawing Libby
🕑 Added 2024-05-13 15:00:08 +0000 UTCSometimes you sit down with the intention of doodling and then you get really fixated on an experiment and go way further into it.
I basically work left to right on these sketch pages and an idea occurred to me:
Uh oh🚨boring time: ART TALK because I recently bought some old hentai manga.
I have been looking at a lot of 90's and 80's manga recently and especially when I look at older work, I wonder what might have been a part of the process of making it that's different than mine, just because my work is all digital? And do those restrictions or processes contribute to the look or charm?
When I look at these drawings it seems to me that they are not all drawn with the same tools all the way through. Sometimes it's a spoon pen or brush, sometimes a fine nib pen, maybe like a G pen or even a sort of fineliner like a micron?
Some of the Card Captor Sakura pages I've been looking at flat out look like sharpie lines.
Anyways: Does having infinite choice in pen and canvas size make my work look the way it does? Would my work look different if I was stuck with one size of paper and a small assortment of pens? I'm going to find out.
When working on my comics I use a fixed size brush because if I don't, my comics end up gradually becoming more and more detailed as the pages go on. So I protect myself by keeping them at a fixed size.
Now I'm wondering what would happen if I limited myself to a for example 18px brush, a 30px brush and a 50px brush for a month. Each brush with a different use and quality.
Essentially, a fine liner, a variable brush and a sharpie. I guess we'll see!
Happy Monday everyone, thank you for reading!
💛Winton
Comments
Winton Kidd
Thank you Wuff!!❤️
Wuff_Boman
Libby looks amazing here!!
Winton Kidd
I think I can help with that! When you create a New Tone layer, adjust the option for frequency down to a lower number than the default and that should get you bigger dots! I hope that helps!
Winton Kidd
Oh my gosh, I know what you mean! especially when you read a bunch of one author in a row, it can really get in your brain 😂
Sephiroth1204
it's fascinating and maddening trying to figure out how art, especially older manga like this looks the way it does, what tools or medium they used. I still can't figure out how to get a good halftone to work in CSP like you use with shading. I watched a load of tutorials but the dots are miniscule. Maybe my canvas is just too big or something, but I don't get how people can make noticeable tones. ...rant aside, I totally get it
Gen Day
That really tracks, I catch myself doing this a lot when I'm reading too. I'm so much more aware of authors tone and writing style and I'm as much studying as recreation lol
