 This
is the step where that wonerful Artpad comes in handy. You can set
your Pencil's stylus mode to Size to get varying line widths. In a
new layer, you can trace over, yet again, the lines you previously
made (hide the base pencil lines layer for clarity). Go over the earlier
lines, adhering to whatever school of 'inking' you subscribe to. By
doing it digitally, you get several advantages then by doing it in
the real world: no messy ink, just as expressive lines, easier error
correction. You lose the 'feel' of the real thing, though. |
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 In
the close up, you can see that the lines are nicely expressive, but
they're still a bit 'off'. That 'offness' comes from using the Pencil
tool, which creates jagged lines, compared to the Airbrush or Brush
tool. Those jaggies will be corrected in the next step, res assured.
I especially like the ease with which interesting line widths can be
created with a good Artpad like the Wacom product; notice the thickening
and thinning lines on Furball's cheeck fur. You can't make these lines
quite purrfect on the first pass, so after you've got the lines nice
and fat to your satisfaction, go back and turn off the Size option,
revert to a one pixel sized Pencil tip (or something equally small),
and fill in the spaces you left. |
