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I revisited my crow quill pen after going to a comic book class and being re-inspired to use it. I had used it once, but I wasn't that happy with the result, so I'd shelved it for some time. But I learned in the class that the crow quill pen yields a much crisper, cleaner line than the tools I've been using. Which is very true. The fortunate thing about this the fact that my old tools, my pens, leave a feathery edge to all my lines. This makes it hard to use the Paint Bucket tool to fill a whole space properly, 'cause it leaves little pockets of grayish white everywhere; the Paint Bucket can't fit into everywhere. So with the crow quill, I do not have that awful problem, and not only is the clean up faster and easier, but I don't have those dreadful softy lines.
My teacher, Jerzy Drozd, had said that turning one's pencils blue on the computer is a good idea, recommended he may have said too, and here's why. Say you're inking your pencils, you're doing an awesome job, and then you mess up. Not only did you mess up your original art work, but if you really really messed up, you might have to start all over. But if you have a pic stored safely away, you could print out another and save yourself the trouble. Plus, since your original artwork is untouched, it'll up in value and may be worth something in time. Also, because certain scanner settings almost totally miss blue lines, so clean up is much faster and easier.
By this point, I'd already inked the picture and scanned it with the proper setting, and as you can see, most traces of blue have been removed through the scanning process. Exactly what I wanted. Now all what's left is to crop the picture, do the remaining clean up duty, and move on to the fun part: coloring.
And here we be, the finished picture. Fuzen's go-getting demeanor comes across really well in this picture, I think. And the sharp colors are great here, too.
Ahh, now 'bout the picture. His top is just a short-sleeved hoodie. The design on his pants are based on the Chinese-style top I regularly draw him with. Fuzen was raised by a Japanese woman and is mostly familiar with Japanese culture. However, seeing as he lives in a very diverse nation with a number of east Asian cultures, he's often exposed to many of them, especially Chinese, Thai, and Japanese.
I hope you found that interesting. These three pictures aren't on deviantART; they're exclusive to this here blog. But keepin' with tradition, I'll post the link here.
GenreChowderStudios' deviantART homepage
Also, check my teacher's artwork. He's really good, and he has a pretty distinctive and energetic style. Here are a couple links.
Jerzy Drozd's deviantART homepage
Lots of interesting pictures here, including He-Man character re-imaginings, original characters, and more!
Art & Story Podcast: The Show That Digs Deep Into the Craft of Cartooning
One of my favorite sites I've found so far. Long, informative, and very funny podcasts about creating comics. The hosts A&S hosts take specific elements of creating stories through pictures and dissect it with very entertaining yet super helpful results. Check it out. It's. Worth. It.
Comics Are Great!
Jerzy Drozd's main site. See all the stuff he's working on, done, and may do in the future. Best place for you to go to get something of everything, if I'm not mistaken.
Later.
