![]() He drew the first three chapters of " Jonni Future" at twice the printed comic size, and also drew the fifth chapter, "The Garden of the Sklin", at a size larger than standard, in order to render more detail than usual in those stories. After tracing the thumbnails, he will then clarify details with another light-blue pencil, and finalize the details with a Number 2 pencil. When working on the final illustration board, he does so on a large drawing board when in his basement studio, and a lapboard when sitting on his living room couch. He or an assistant will then enlarge the thumbnails and trace them onto illustration board with a non-photo blue pencil, sometimes using a Prismacolor light-blue pencil, because it is not too waxy, and erases easily. The thumbnails range in size from 2 inches x 3 inches to half the size of the printed comic book. Arthur Adams Īrthur Adams begins drawing thumbnail layouts from the script he's given, either at home or in a public place. When starting with a clean piece of Bristol board, he would first draw his panel lines with a T-square. ![]() Notable creators and their techniques Jack Kirby įrom 1949 until his retirement, Jack Kirby worked out of a ten-foot-wide basement studio dubbed "The Dungeon" by his family. With the advent of digital illustration programs such as Photoshop, more and more artwork is produced digitally, either in part or entirely (see below). ![]() The artwork is later photographically reduced in size during the printing process. The inker usually works directly over the penciller's pencil marks, though occasionally pages are inked on translucent paper, such as drafting vellum, preserving the original pencils. The customary size of comic book pages in the mainstream American comics industry is 11 by 17 inches. Most US comic book pages are drawn oversized on large sheets of paper, usually Bristol board. Still other artists do their initial layouts using a light-blue colored pencil because that color tends to disappear during photocopying. Pencillers may use any lead hardness they wish, although many artists use a harder lead (like a 2H) to make light lines for initial sketches, then turn to a slightly softer lead (like a HB) for finishing phases of the drawing. While many artists use traditional wood pencils, others prefer mechanical pencils or drafting leads. Beyond this basic description, however, different artists choose to use a wide variety of different tools. 2 Notable creators and their techniquesĪ penciller works in pencil.
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