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Published: 2011-07-10 21:37:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 3617; Favourites: 167; Downloads: 68
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Sorry for the insanely large fullsize image (1.2Mb)This is, admittedly, only The Process right now. The Process changes a lot.
A typical page takes 30-40 hours to complete, with the bulk of that time (12-16 hours) being the "pencil" stage. That is also where the bulk of the cursing and misery lies. Each box takes me upwards of 2 hours to draw, regardless of size (and no, I don't really know why that is-!).
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Transparency 30% until then. Transparency is a perfectly suitable final solution if you are really obsessive about making the color boundaries smooth and perfect. Mine are... messy. So I have to cover them up with my opaque line trick.
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oooh! Sweet sweet taste of revelations. Thank you
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That trick you do to soften the lines is super rad. I used to go in and re-color my lines manually and then mess effects before, But it got to be so much work that i just started leaving them black.
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Meh, when reviewing webcomics, good linework more than compensates for tricks like this. I only have to use it because my lines are so clumsy and heavy. Black lines have never hurt a page that wasn't hurting already.
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wow! that trick with the lines is awesome!!!! *O* thank you so so much for shearing!!!
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Have I mentioned you're brilliant? There are a lot of tech here that I wouldn't have thought of and will probably have to give a shot. I too often find myself turned off by heavy black lines in my work but wouldn't have thought to remedy it in this ay! Very cool and much more organic.
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There was a tutorial posted here somewhere a year or so ago by a professional comics artist talking about the basic idea of fixing the black lines problem. He used all these fancy masks and stuff to make it work, but me - I have never got the hang of masks. So this was my low-tech substitute.
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I've always had my issues with masking as well so this is a great substitute and one I will have to experiment with. Also, I'm so happy I'm not the only one who takes possibly longer then they should working on individual panels and such-like
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I really like this. The line bit really he.
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I really like this. The line bit really he.
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