Archive for August, 2009
My Copic Collection
*Note this is an automated scheduled entry, as I’m most likely on Disneyland at this moment.*
Well, today I just wanted to show you my humble Copic and PrismaColor collections. And some other tools in the middle.
Tools of the Trade
Well, I am ready to start the coloring of my image. But first I want to mentions the tools used up until this part.
Coffee: I know is bad, but it sure keeps me awake. 
Copic PM Pad: Got to love this pad, is doesn’t bleed, the paper is really soft, and is thin enough to trace my pencils without the need for a light table.
French Curves: I keep forgetting when the last time I even heard of them was, but have to admit that they are a nice tool when inking an image. As you can see I have some nice assortment of them.
Multi-liners and Black Copic: They come in different sizes and by default the best pens to ink an image. I have one of them with a brush tip, but for large areas I like to use the 100 Copic, faster and easier.
Copic Opaque White and small brush: I have to admit that my inking surely is bad (out of practice for several years), and made quite a few mistakes that are visible. So to cover most of those mistakes I used the opaque white and brush. I couldn’t get rid of all my mistakes, so I used my computer for the final clean-up. (Cheating I know)
Right now, the image has been scanned, corrected and printed. My following step will be to decide the colors to use (maybe making a test image in the process), and then proceed to mask it so I can use my Air Brush System.
Long project on its way
During the long time I was outside the digital world, I keep looking at my renderings and noticed two patterns. The first one, I rarely draw any backgrounds; most of my pictures are just floating on the air. The second one, I rely too much on illustrator as an inking tool, and for that the images don’t look natural.
So I decided to do a complete image this time, ink it by hand, and use my Air Brush System in the process. Just a little problem with that, I haven’t inked an image by hand in years, my hand was shaking and some of the lines didn’t come out as I wanted, but so far it looks decent.
As I mentioned in the title, this will surely be a long project, as it will involve a technique that I haven’t even mentioned in any of my previous posts. Since I want to do most of the rendering using the ABS, I will use some masking frisket.
Here are a couple images of the inking process so far.
Still Here.
I’m still alive.
I apologize for not been able to update my blog. Several real-life events prevented me for doing any type of work, but since most of those are over, I’m starting to get new stuff together to get the blog going again.
I have to say “Thank You!” to all those wonderful people that contacted me and asked what was going on, and if I was to continue updating.
Alfred G.