Okay, get ready for spume. I have a lot to get out of my system. Most of which you won't care about. But it leads up to something you do care about. So patience!
So, I have been working pretty much nonstop since early this afternoon on a new comic. Yay!! But UGH. I started on a new notebook (which means different dimensions for the paper, but that doesn't really matter), so I decided to try something new. I've always felt that I've done my best art in simple pencil, no color and ink about it. For a lot of my comics, I've felt the pencil version looked good, then went to ink it, only to realize that some of the things I had liked had been lost in the process. T.T So, I decided, why not skip the inking part?
Well, on paper, the comic looks great. Me loves it. It's shaded, and has that lovely sketchy style that I like. So, I scanned it onto my computer... o.O Wow. I would like to stress that, once again, if it looks good on paper, that does NOT mean it looks good on your computer. Black on paper does not mean black on my computer. Fairly clean on paper does NOT mean fairly clean when scanned onto your computer. And, as I am a detail-fanatic, this is often lethal to my free time and my sanity.
What I'm wondering is, should I continue in the future? My original thought had been, "Hey, no inking means saved time!" Heh. No. The time I save NOT inking is used cleaning about fifteen times longer than usual on my computer. I love how it looks on paper. Now that I have it cleaned up, I think it looks pretty good on Deviant, too. But, I also have to keep in mind that half the reason I do this is for OTHER people's enjoyment. This means I need a second opinion. (If I even managed to express a first one in this muddled post... I'm not sure...) Does the comic look better than the ones I have inked? Is it worse? Do you really not give a flying rat's rear end either way? Please, tell me how insane I am. I'd love to know.
For your comicing enjoyment, voila!
Edit: Totally forgot to mention before. Idea for comic totally stolen from Arian. :D Thanks Arian!!
Wings off!
3 comments:
LOVE the comic!! :P And honestly, I don't care either way if you computer or ink it. It looks good both ways.
And you should have Mugen escape the trunk while they're at the gas station and try to hotwire the car. Or something equally Mugen-like. :P
LOVE IT, Ivy. You're amazing. :D
As to pencil vs. ink, I agree that the pencil does look a little nicer, but if it takes that long to clean up, it's kinda your call.
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