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I broke in my new overly expensive but very lovable desk last night drawing a small image of Kagome, Inuyasha, and the back of Sesshoumaru. All done in the old-fashioned way --G-pen nib, ink, white out, and screentones. And holy god I'd forgotten what a serious pain screentoning is. While I'm satisfied with the overall result (it's better than the pic I drew for Res, I think, in terms of personal style), I have issues with perspective --Inuyasha's body looks awkward to me. Pity I don't have a scanner, or I'd share. :p
Now, I know Rumiko Takahashi doesn't own a computer. All her lineart is hand-drawn the traditional way, and screentoning and backgrounds are done by her assistants.
But sometimes I wonder what exactly she's using to put the lines down. Often lines are chunky and lack consistent width, which is not really characteristic of any nibs I'm familiar with. Matter of fact, some days I suspect she draws with a brush.
Funny story? Neither google nor Wiki revealed what she uses to draw any of her works. Dammit, I want to know! Though Wiki and several other sites revealed that she's the wealthiest woman in Japan, which is AWESOME.
But given what a pain screentoning is...I wish I knew how Arina Tanemura does her work. I know she has a plethora of assistants (my god, the assistant thankyou pages at the end of completed works keep increasing), but is all that screentone work really physical? Or do they play on computers? I know CLAMP has moved largely into digital screentoning, starting heavily with the Cardcaptor Sakura series. Debating whether or not I really want to eventually invest in Adobe CS3 when it comes out Duo Core-compatible, or to spend that money instead on Curious Labs' Manga Studio 3.0. Depends on whether I plan to work in a graphics field, I guess.
The upside to Manga Studio is the screentoning capabilities which maintain the integrity of the dots. I have screentoning patterns in Photoshop, but...I can't cut or rotate a pattern that easily to fit what I need. If I want a lined pattern to go at an angle, I have to paint a whole damn area on a separate layer, rotate layer, then mask it to appropriate areas. If I fail or make a mistake in area judgment, there's no fixing it, and I have to redo it because a fresh coat of the pattern won't run parallel to the new image. GAH.
Also, $300 for digital screentoning versus buying individual sheets of screentones at $3.40 a pop....so if I buy like 90 screentones, I should consider investing in the program?
Art supply shopping is like the best thing EVER.
I'm rather angry, though. I got a pack of three G-pen Nikko nibs from the art store the other day, but one turned out to be a Zebra G-pen nib. I thought it was colored funny when I pulled it from the pack, and it's scratchy, which caused some line problems in the IY picture. BAH. Next time I'm examining all three nibs to make sure I'm getting Nikko nibs. I want my Nikko, dammit!
And yes, I'm blissfully escaping the whole real world get a job issue. Bugger off.
Now, I know Rumiko Takahashi doesn't own a computer. All her lineart is hand-drawn the traditional way, and screentoning and backgrounds are done by her assistants.
But sometimes I wonder what exactly she's using to put the lines down. Often lines are chunky and lack consistent width, which is not really characteristic of any nibs I'm familiar with. Matter of fact, some days I suspect she draws with a brush.
Funny story? Neither google nor Wiki revealed what she uses to draw any of her works. Dammit, I want to know! Though Wiki and several other sites revealed that she's the wealthiest woman in Japan, which is AWESOME.
But given what a pain screentoning is...I wish I knew how Arina Tanemura does her work. I know she has a plethora of assistants (my god, the assistant thankyou pages at the end of completed works keep increasing), but is all that screentone work really physical? Or do they play on computers? I know CLAMP has moved largely into digital screentoning, starting heavily with the Cardcaptor Sakura series. Debating whether or not I really want to eventually invest in Adobe CS3 when it comes out Duo Core-compatible, or to spend that money instead on Curious Labs' Manga Studio 3.0. Depends on whether I plan to work in a graphics field, I guess.
The upside to Manga Studio is the screentoning capabilities which maintain the integrity of the dots. I have screentoning patterns in Photoshop, but...I can't cut or rotate a pattern that easily to fit what I need. If I want a lined pattern to go at an angle, I have to paint a whole damn area on a separate layer, rotate layer, then mask it to appropriate areas. If I fail or make a mistake in area judgment, there's no fixing it, and I have to redo it because a fresh coat of the pattern won't run parallel to the new image. GAH.
Also, $300 for digital screentoning versus buying individual sheets of screentones at $3.40 a pop....so if I buy like 90 screentones, I should consider investing in the program?
Art supply shopping is like the best thing EVER.
I'm rather angry, though. I got a pack of three G-pen Nikko nibs from the art store the other day, but one turned out to be a Zebra G-pen nib. I thought it was colored funny when I pulled it from the pack, and it's scratchy, which caused some line problems in the IY picture. BAH. Next time I'm examining all three nibs to make sure I'm getting Nikko nibs. I want my Nikko, dammit!
And yes, I'm blissfully escaping the whole real world get a job issue. Bugger off.