Digital or old fashioned pen and ink for making comics?

[Raven_C]

I draw digitally like 90% of the time. I use an old-fashioned bamboo tablet and draw using Photoshop or SAI. I tried doing stuff in ink once, I even bought this really nice brown ink, but I'm pretty horrible at inking in general. Haha. Thumb-nailing, though, is all done on paper; it's much easier that way.

[owlsinsocks]

that is so true. I love drawing by hand, but i am so used to digital now that i get really confused when i can't 'command-Z' something!

[supercerealos]

I draw traditionally and color digitally. I have been thinking about drawing digitally too, but it's just to weird when I try... XD

[jayorten]

I used to do ink and scanned drawings, but now I do almost everything digitally. It's not very often that I use my art pens anymore.

The benefit of digital over old-fashioned is that you can do so much more on a computer than you can with regular paper, and with today's changing technology, who knows what we'll be able to do someday.

But hey, whatever floats your boat man...

[Aeonhue]

I do storyboarding and character mockups and designs traditionally but the final page is all digital. Plus, I don't like spending money on supplies.

[gurukittystudio]

We do all our comics Traditionally with either a brush with ink or brush pens, or Copic Multiliners (Copic Markers or watercolour if we need colours).
I can't bear sitting on a computer when I want to make the arts. UnU I get restless on a computer.
I love the textures and smells of inks and paper.

[HarisADevine]

BOTH.

Actually, I'm drawing the characters and some props on layout paper with pencils and markers, then I do the rest, including the backgrounds, with Paint.NET.

[Peej]

I do everything digitally on the Surface Pro, but the hard part is trying to make it look like old fashioned pen and ink!

[HartofStone]

I do my sketches in pencil first (it's quicker for me, and I can take it anywhere) then I scan them in and "ink" them with Photoshop CS2 and my Wacom Intuos 4.

[riverfur]

I use digital because I can't afford the art supplies I would need to create some of the effects I want in my comic Prinsessa. Even though it's way harder to get the line work clean using digital, it ends up being way easier to make and upload.

[jonsaintamant]

I typically use pen and ink for the line art, then scan it to Photoshop to drop in color. I like the line variety that a brush and ink provides. it's most apparent in the panel borders, because I use an inked brush without a ruler. My comic is called Shelby and the Blooms.

[UltHamBro]

I use a combination of SAI and Photoshop. I've sometimes tried to modify ink and paper drawings, although it's really time consuming. I'd love to be able to do everything by hand though.

[Meitantei1412]

If I wanted to draw in a serious style I'd use pen and ink because so far no matter how I try my drawings are really loose when I draw on a tablet. Though I still like using the combination of both.

[cbrubaker]

I use Pentle brush pens on my comic, inked on a 11"x17" cardstock. I even letter dialogues with a marker.

I do very little work on Photoshop other than cleaning (removing dusts and artifacts) and stuff.

[riverfur]

I just started drawing my second comic Welcome to Calaveras in pen-and-ink and marker. I just like drawing with pen better than on the computer.
I still adjust colors in Photoshop before uploading, though.

[elixiadragmire]

I swap and change as and when. If a image is giving some hassle I try and pre-prep it with a pencil sketch or sometimes my pencil sketches are turning hideous so I digital sketch and ink.

[poohat]

Chinese calligraphy brush and then Cs5 to colour them. http://tapastic.com/poohat

[SpavVy]

Digital all the way, the undo button and I are pretty tight.

[Sketchmazoid]

It's all just tools. I vary it up and I bet you can't even tell!

[Momo]

Well I kinda suck at digital art so I make all my actual comic pages traditionally.... It's a pain but It's fun!