Chapter 1: Concoction
Chapter 2: Cache
Chapter 3: Newton's Apple
Chapter 4: Ache
Chapter 5: Yolk
Chapter 6: Wayfarer
Chapter 7: cops 'n robbers
Chapter 8: Ill Repute
Chapter 9: Cleanup
Process for Creating Digital Comic Art
on 2011/11/15 at 6:14 AMI follow 3 major steps for creating the digital comic art for False Positive:
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Step 1. First, using a stylus & tablet with Corel Painter, I create a loose sketch and quickly take it to finished black & white digital inks. When at home, I use my Wacom Cintiq Monitor and when on the go, I use a tiny Wacom Bamboo tablet.
Step 2. Next, I open the file in Adobe Photoshop and create the values, grey-tones, and textures.
Step 3. Then, while still using Photoshop, I adjust the hues to bring tints and color saturation to the illustration.
You can see some crude time-lapse examples of my process demonstrated on my You Tube Channel.
P.S. Chiefly, I letter using the great Wild & Crazy font from: http://www.comicbookfonts.com.
Comic Book Font
When I find tiem, I will try to post more specific run through of how I use the programs. If you have any questions, please comment.
Cheers!
Big Mike
Hi there. Is there any particular reason why you use Corel Painter for the step 1? I mean, if you’re going to use photoshop in step 2, why the need of corel?
I havent used corel for so long that maybe something got better with it.
Anyway, AWESOME AWESOME comics!
Cheers
I could get the job done with Photoshop, but I like to use Painter. For inking, I prefer the look and handle of the brushes in Painter. I find more control over the line weight, especially when using a brush with a wide rage between the minimum and maximum brushstroke size.
In the past, I wasn’t too crazy about Corel Painter. I skipped seven versions of the program before rediscovering the version I am using now (11). It has improved quite a bit.
Thanks for asking and offering the positive feedback.
Thank you for the reply.
My problem with Corel was the same as yours, it failed miserably when it was in version 4 or 5, and never used again.
Well i’ll give it a try.
Cheers and keep up the good work