46 - Swordfight gets real

First post here. 

45 - Stairs

First post here. 

44 - 'Round the Bend

First post here. 

So I was thinking about promoting this webcomic and thought about drawing a banner to use on sites and at the top of the page probably. Then I thought about my eventual publishing model and how I prefer manga style books with color covers and 200 or so pages of black and white interiors. 

So banner and book covers means color to me, which I've stayed away from, but it does sell better. Now I'm doing this all old school and on a laptop so computer coloring would be super tedious with my trackpad so -- no. 

So I'm going old school coloring. I tried out some watercolor pencils my wife had and then a very simple water color set. I preferred the watercolor paint to the pencils. And there are always the colored inks like Dr Ph Martin's but they're pricey. More investigation is needed but I think a decent watercolor set is likely in my future. 

43 - Riley a.k.a. Doc Destructo

First post over here. 

Some more gray tones via ink washes. That's what's up.

Nick. 

42 - Swing and a...

First post here. 

So, I've returned to using gray tones via ink washes. I took a break for awhile to work on inking without grays to try and improve my skills. It did do some good. Granted I could ink for years and years without gray tones before I compare to the artists I love, but I'm bored now and want to dip my tow back into grays. The next four pages are grayed (ink washed) for sure and likely more will be after that. 

I do believe I have a bit of an improved approach. Previously I asked and grayed at the same time (roughly) and so I would not ink things because I knew they'd be grayed a particular way. My current mode is actually to ink it like it won't be getting any gray in the future and then when I get to the grays see how I can help it there. 

I did the grays all at once for these five pages and I feel a general improvement of control and judgment during that session. So page 46-47 are better grayed than this one is (at least to me). 

Regardless this webcomic has been an excellent art school even if it is self taught and slow. 

See ya next time. 

Nick. 

41 - Villain, Exit Stage Left

First page here. 

I had fun with this one, particularly the panel arrangement. 

Nick

40 - Here come the Cavalry?

First post here. 

My comic idols of the moment or flavor of the month are both Tyler Crook and Pierre Alary. Tyler does awesome classic brush approach comics. See Harrow County for some horror. Pierre Alary is French and Disneyesque. His skills are extra-ordinary. I don't have any of his books yet, because they are hard to find here in the US of A. Search/Google/Bing for them if you're curious. 

You might not see one iota of influence yet, I just know I'm looking at their art a lot. 

Nick.