Guys, how do you draw your comics?

[keac]

I directly draw digitally in my computer using Clip Studio Paint and Wacom Intuos. How do you draw yours?

[RiverKai]

Similar to mine! I use Manga Studio 5EX (basically the same as Clip Studio Paint) and a Wacom Intuos

[joannekwan]

I got my Wacom Intuos 3 and I use Photoshop CS5.1.

[Euphorie]

A mouse, artweaver scanner and gimp.

On the occasion I manage to borrow one of my friends Wacom Intuos Tablets (programs are SAI and Clip).

[Dranif]

A mouse and Manga Studio 5.
I have a Wacom tablet, but I do better with the mouse.

[WarkDatch]

Well i draw my comics entirely digital using Clip Studio Paint
First i sketch it

Then i ink it

Then i color it (my cartoon styles doesnt use shading)

Then add the rest

[keac]

You can draw with a mouse?! O_0

[Dranif]

You can draw with a mouse?! O_0

Yes, it is doable. Sounds hard at first, but like anything else, it gets easier after awhile.
I've actually drawn with a mouse so much that anything else feels unnatural to me.

[Yoshi_Is_Here]

I sketch the comic in Sketchbook Autodesk, then ink and color in Illustrator CS6 and the text and some effects in Photoshop CS6

[Raven_C]

I draw mine with my old-school Bamboo tablet that I got years ago + SAI (lineart) + Photoshop CS6 (everything else).

[darlingGrim]

I use a very old bamboo tablet I got in middle school and MangaStudio5ex.

Specifically for the comic, I try and vaguely storyboard the comic (usually just a few words and scribbles). I'm still trying out different ways but figuring out the last page of the chapter 1st then making my way to that point seems to be working atm.
I'm trying to not committed to any layout until I get to the page.

[bmacbride]

I do everything entirely in Photoshop CS5 with a Wacom Bamboo pen & touch and a stroke stabilizer program called Lazy Nezumi Pro (which is worth every penny of the $30 the full version costs, I can't live without it anymore.) LN also has linear perspective tools, line guide tools, and a lot of other helpful features.

I script first, then I map out paneling, finalize panels, and then I draw really rough "sketches" of what I want inside the panels, more so that I don't forget what's in them than to actually guide my drawing. Then I do bubbles and dialogue. I have a large separate canvas which I draw the actual artwork that goes in the panels on. That all gets pasted into the panels and cropped accordingly. Finally, I tone everything, and then I'm done.

[ArtistHan]

All traditional baby~ I'm old school like that (that and i can't bear to stare any longer at a computer screen than I already do for the 8 hours I'm at work =_= seriously...i feel like jabbing my eyeballs out with forks by the end of the day sometimes. my traditionally-done art gives my eyeballs a rest as i enjoy my drawing).

[raymundnell]

Yes, it is doable. Sounds hard at first, but like anything else, it gets easier after awhile.
I've actually drawn with a mouse so much that anything else feels unnatural to me.

I agree Before having a tablet, I did EVERYTHING using a mouse such as the lineart, coloring, and etc. EXCEPT for sketching on paper and then taking a picture or scanning it. And here's a sample of what I did using a mouse. ^v^ (This was 3 years ago)

[SpavVy]

I use manga studio 5 when I feel like going digital and for traditional I use Deleter type A B4 manuscript paper along with pigma pens.

[aspiderjonny]

I mostly just use Photoshop and I have Wacom Intuos Pro medium. As for how I actually make a comic page I recently did a page step-by-step on my Extra's series if you're interested in.

[eagle1]

hehehe....I use DAZ3D for The Shadow War, and build the set and models out of existing stuff. Doesn't matter, I am going to modify it anyway when I get to the art part. I use full lighting, since I need the details and contrast. I then render it, and convert the render to line art.

Print the whole page at 10" x 15" (two sheets of paper) then put a comic board over it, take it to the light box, and start the traditional art. I ink it, leaving out the details I don't want, and fixing all of the details I do want, and then do sumi ink washes. From there, we go full multi-media, with watercolour, coloured pencils, charcoal pencils, coloured inks, and airbrush for some special effects, shadows, and highlights. Then I scan it back in to do the lettering.

Still takes me about 8-12 hours to do a page.

Eagle
(I like the traditional methods, but the 3D eliminates perspective and anatomy issues)

[gateofselidor]

I pencil traditionally, partly because I enjoy doing it that way, and partly because it allows me to pencil at work, where I don't have access to my own computer and tablet.

Everything else is digital, from the inks through to the colours and lettering. I use Photoshop and an old Wacom Bamboo tablet.

Some step-by-step images from my work process, if anyone is interested: http://rgoodwinart.tumblr.com/post/102831895715

[studiomik]

So almost everybody works on tablets and digitaly. Does anybody have experience with a Wacom Cintiq? ...seems to be lot a fun working on one of those things. But prices are unbareble high if you want a new one!

Would love to hear some comic-creators experiences!

(I used to work on paper, sketching, inkting, and did the coloring digitaly. Nowadays i do all of it digitaly.)

[purrlpankras]

I draw comic by bashing my ancient tablet passionately while glaring at the screen.