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Trying out a tablet

November 6, 2009 by Adam Casalino

So far my comic-creation process has undergone a few changes (as can be noted by the comics themselves).  I originally penciled the artwork, then scanned it in, and then inked and colored it digitally.  The last few comics (and the next two coming up) I decided to ink by hand using art pens, then scan and color digitally.  The latest one I’m working on however, I’ve decided to try out ‘penciling’ it in photoshop.

This is something that I’ve been wanting to try out ever since I bought a tablet.  I am amazing at how well photoshop can replicate the pencil drawing experience.  You can even adjust your eraser to only lightly eraser your lines.

This isn’t something I intend to do for all my future comics, but the convenience of drafting my entire comic on the computer eliminates significant time and space constraints that have slowed down my process.  Hopefully I will find a better way to ink digitally and this whole thing can happen much faster.

I know speed isn’t as important as quality, but being able to eliminate the need to use paper could be a big boost to my production output.

Those curious, I’m using a basic Wacom Bamboo (newer version featured online) and Adobe Photoshop CS4.

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