Issue 245: what's your sign?

[bask]

Hawk,

You had a posting where you showed what materials when you are drawing by hand, but I can not seem to find it. I'm more courious about the paper you use to drawn on (like weight and size)

Thanks man! You guys rock!

Bask

[Hawk]

Hawk,

You had a posting where you showed what materials when you are drawing by hand, but I can not seem to find it. I'm more courious about the paper you use to drawn on (like weight and size)

Thanks man! You guys rock!

Bask

when i'm drawing on paper, I'm using 9x12 smooth bristol paper.

http://www.hawkstudios.net/blog_archives/2005/10/tools_outside_t.html

[NeedleinBrain]

Hey Hawk,
To my understanding, you do this all on your drawing tablet, correct?
I too have my own commic (not online yet) and i want to publish it online, so thank you guys so much for the steps and help.

Thanks

[AI_Joe]

Don't know much difference between Bristol 300 and 400 other than price.
You can find it here

[Hawk]

Hey Hawk,
To my understanding, you do this all on your drawing tablet, correct?
I too have my own commic (not online yet) and i want to publish it online, so thank you guys so much for the steps and help.

Thanks

yes

[Ace1]

Hey, Hawk my friends and I are thinking about making a web comic but were doing the exact same thing as your doing like Idea...Scrpt...sketch..INk ect Process. We need to know a few things like when you are inking do you use your wacom for inking on flash or do you use a mouse? and also...Whats the name of the exact program you use for inking, or is its name just Flash , and if so is it available for pc?

Thanks This Stpe idea is really helping us other artist.

Chace
(Ace)

[Hawk]

Hey, Hawk my friends and I are thinking about making a web comic but were doing the exact same thing as your doing like Idea...Scrpt...sketch..INk ect Process. We need to know a few things like when you are inking do you use your wacom for inking on flash or do you use a mouse? and also...Whats the name of the exact program you use for inking, or is its name just Flash , and if so is it available for pc?

Thanks This Stpe idea is really helping us other artist.

Chace
(Ace)

i hate to be an ass, but you're asking me questions i already answered in the post on the main page and on this thread. please read my posts before asking something so i don't have to repeat myself over and over.

as for your question about Flash, I have Flash MX professional and yes its for the pc.

[Jinno]

Alright, to avoid making you avoid being an ass, if you feel I'm asking something you've already answered feel free to ignore me(I read everything in the thread, but I may have missed something), but...

Before you had your Cintiq (I've wanted one for over a year now, I had a screenless tablet and I couldn't stand it.) when you went to do the online coloring and such, what kind of tablet (if any) did you use? And if (since?) it was screenless, what kind of tips could you give to people like me for adjusting to such a tablet?

And also I was wanting to know if you could reccommend any supplies for basic purpose (coloring, inking, penciling, paper) sketching when a computer wasn't around, that are affordable to someone without much money to spend. (High schooler with a car, etc.)

Thanks man, keep up the GREAT work. (You too, Ananth.)

~Jinno

[frenchhie]

Hawk and Ananth,

I echo the sentiments of everyone here - love your comic, this awesome tutorial and that you're cool to answer our questions. This really comes at an ideal time as I am working on a graphic novel as part of my final project. I have only a few questions...

1. How long does it typically take to ink (on screen vs. by hand) and how long did it take you to become comfortable with either technique?

2. Are there any particular things that we should be mindful of when inking (stroke widths)?

3. I see that you're using 9x12 smooth bristol, but what's a good quality brand and weight (lbs.)?

I've been doing my drawings on 16lb vellum in non-photo blue pencil and was going to apply ink directly... but now I'm thinking that I should just use another piece of vellum on top to trace ink onto... I wish I had thought of a simpler (doing things digitally) way BEFORE I did 27 out of 65 pages ^^;

Thanks in advance!

[Lead Monkey]

Kakaze & Freezin: Thanx for setting my mind at ease. I've said it before and I'll say it again; this forum has a really good atmosphere, I mean I haven't seen any flames. It's a no fear society!!

Request for hawk,
could you try and be as detailed as posible when your talking about CGing. Keep up the good work man !!

[Flaming Bob]

I know this sounds like a really simple and frankly silly question but when your drawing do you always go through the whole 'How to draw manga' process or does it just get to a point when you dont even bother any more?

define the whole "how to draw manga process."

Yeah sorry, i ment drawing the circle as a starting point for the head and then the lines for general idea of eyes nose etc like the How to Draw Manga Books.

Or do ya just sketch them by eye.

[AI_Joe]

Or do ya just sketch them by eye.

back in the day i use to have stickfigure and circles as guides. but now I just draw without it.

I think after learning the structure and form of this sort of drawing (and years of practice), some artists can "project" a mental image of what they're going to do onto the paper, and sorta trace it. I saw a documentary on Warner Bros. animators a while ago - they do the same thing. It's pretty amazing to see them just draw a character with the proper proportions without structuring it first.

[frenchhie]

Flaming Bob, is your question more about character design? I always considered those "How to Draw" books as ways to show you how to draw something based on the basic geometric shapes they relate to. I don't know about anyone else but I just draw a few ideas for a character and then after I chose one I like, I practice drawing it again and again. Making line sheets with head turns is also a good way to practice keeping proportions accurate.

[Hawk]

Alright, to avoid making you avoid being an ass, if you feel I'm asking something you've already answered feel free to ignore me(I read everything in the thread, but I may have missed something), but...

Before you had your Cintiq (I've wanted one for over a year now, I had a screenless tablet and I couldn't stand it.) when you went to do the online coloring and such, what kind of tablet (if any) did you use? And if (since?) it was screenless, what kind of tips could you give to people like me for adjusting to such a tablet?

And also I was wanting to know if you could reccommend any supplies for basic purpose (coloring, inking, penciling, paper) sketching when a computer wasn't around, that are affordable to someone without much money to spend. (High schooler with a car, etc.)

Thanks man, keep up the GREAT work. (You too, Ananth.)

~Jinno

before the cintiq, i was using a 4x5 wacom tablet. like all tablets, you need to keep practicing with it. that's the only way to get better with it, there's no shortcut.

read the first post in this thread about what i recommend for inking on paper. i dont have any recommendations on coloring on paper. i already mentioned what type of paper i use.

[Hawk]

1. How long does it typically take to ink (on screen vs. by hand) and how long did it take you to become comfortable with either technique?

at least an hour and half. really depends on the artwork. inking with pen nibs takes longer since i dip and ink. takes a very long time and a lot of practice to get comfortable. it doesn't happen over night.

2. Are there any particular things that we should be mindful of when inking (stroke widths)?

rotate the paper.

3. I see that you're using 9x12 smooth bristol, but what's a good quality brand and weight (lbs.)?

I've been doing my drawings on 16lb vellum in non-photo blue pencil and was going to apply ink directly... but now I'm thinking that I should just use another piece of vellum on top to trace ink onto... I wish I had thought of a simpler (doing things digitally) way BEFORE I did 27 out of 65 pages ^^;

Thanks in advance!

hmm i really dont think about the lbs or whatever. i go to the artstore..i head to the paper section. look for bristol smooth paper and that's it. paper is paper to me. i draw on the paper and i scan it in.