Comments on: Back to the Drawing Board - Drawing Naturally http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/ The semi-sci fi comic of the future... sort of. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Von Allan http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1504 Von Allan Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:54:09 +0000 http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1504 Nope, no guilting! Just longing! :) I think you're right about Photoshop, too. That seems to be the focus of a lot of the tutorials I see. Nope, no guilting! Just longing! :)

I think you’re right about Photoshop, too. That seems to be the focus of a lot of the tutorials I see.

]]> By: jim (JP&TM creator) http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1497 jim (JP&TM creator) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:36:01 +0000 http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1497 Von Allan, are you trying to guilt me? I refuse to be guilted! As for digital inking... Personally, I think a lot of people use photoshop for it, but I find there are a lot more options for variation when I use painter. Von Allan, are you trying to guilt me? I refuse to be guilted!

As for digital inking… Personally, I think a lot of people use photoshop for it, but I find there are a lot more options for variation when I use painter.

]]> By: Von Allan http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1490 Von Allan Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:53:13 +0000 http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1490 I haven't used Painter much at all so I'm really not that familiar with how much variation in line weight you can get when you use the same brush. I mean, when I use my trusty W&N Series 7 #3 I can get all kinds of variation in line weight. And it's quick on top of it. As quick as digital inking? Hmmm... Your digital inking is quite cool here. I'm a big believer in line weight and I find that a lot of the "digi-inking" I see is done on the light side. Generally I find it quite tight, stiff, and weak (I actually did a breakdown of the digital inking on All-Star Superman (and what I don't like about it) at http://vonandmoggy.livejournal.com/299541.html). I think, fundamentally, you have to do work you can live with at a speed that's acceptable to you. Hell, I'm still trying to figure that part out myself. For what it's worth, I really enjoy Jetpacks. And I'm missing not being able to read it regularly right now. I can understand the search, of course; I just hope it doesn't take too long. :) I haven’t used Painter much at all so I’m really not that familiar with how much variation in line weight you can get when you use the same brush. I mean, when I use my trusty W&N Series 7 #3 I can get all kinds of variation in line weight. And it’s quick on top of it. As quick as digital inking? Hmmm…

Your digital inking is quite cool here. I’m a big believer in line weight and I find that a lot of the “digi-inking” I see is done on the light side. Generally I find it quite tight, stiff, and weak (I actually did a breakdown of the digital inking on All-Star Superman (and what I don’t like about it) at http://vonandmoggy.livejournal.com/299541.html).

I think, fundamentally, you have to do work you can live with at a speed that’s acceptable to you. Hell, I’m still trying to figure that part out myself. For what it’s worth, I really enjoy Jetpacks. And I’m missing not being able to read it regularly right now. I can understand the search, of course; I just hope it doesn’t take too long. :)

]]> By: jim (JP&TM creator) http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1487 jim (JP&TM creator) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:02:15 +0000 http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1487 Yeah, it's a fine line between loose artwork and the unfinished look... It's tricky. Yeah, it’s a fine line between loose artwork and the unfinished look… It’s tricky.

]]> By: me! (pd guy) http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1486 me! (pd guy) Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:29:18 +0000 http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1486 I think all the trees work. I especially like the smudgy weedy things at the base of the second tree, though it seems to continue to feed into your need for more and more detail. As for the character sketches, it's hard for a long-time reader to judge because I have an expectation in my head when I see them that's your tighter line work from before so these look like loose sketches that you'd do at a book signing or otherwise. It's still good, either way, and shrunken down to print size, it may not really matter, but at this size, it looks too sketchy for me. Although, for encouragement of loosening your lines up, I'm currently reading Berkley Breathed Opus 25 year anniversary collection with all the colored Sunday strips. As I dissect the artwork now as an artist, it's amazing how loose those "controlled' drawings really were. Though every line has it's place and importance, there's still quite a bit of relaxed gesture in his work. Maybe you should check that out for inspiration. I think all the trees work. I especially like the smudgy weedy things at the base of the second tree, though it seems to continue to feed into your need for more and more detail. As for the character sketches, it’s hard for a long-time reader to judge because I have an expectation in my head when I see them that’s your tighter line work from before so these look like loose sketches that you’d do at a book signing or otherwise. It’s still good, either way, and shrunken down to print size, it may not really matter, but at this size, it looks too sketchy for me. Although, for encouragement of loosening your lines up, I’m currently reading Berkley Breathed Opus 25 year anniversary collection with all the colored Sunday strips. As I dissect the artwork now as an artist, it’s amazing how loose those “controlled’ drawings really were. Though every line has it’s place and importance, there’s still quite a bit of relaxed gesture in his work. Maybe you should check that out for inspiration.

]]> By: Jarrett http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1484 Jarrett Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:09:43 +0000 http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/back-to-the-drawing-board-drawing-naturally/#comment-1484 2nd tree from the left...that seems like money. 2nd tree from the left…that seems like money.

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