Technology in your Comic creation process!

[joannekwan]

I'm stuck in my old routines and I don't foresee switching programs unless something catastrophic happens to my current set.

I type everything in MS Word to get my ideas down. Then in Photoshop CS5 with my Wacom Intuos 3, I place text, sketch, do line art, color, and draw bubbles in that order.

[Aeonhue]

I chose my process mainly because I got tired of paying monthly for Photoshop. Plus Photoshop is a resource hog and I don't need all those features.

Paint Tool Sai: I just use this for sketching because its lightweight and I like the feel of it without changing any settings.

Clip Studio Paint EX: For managing my comic pages and everything else.

I probably won't deviate from this ever.

[UltHamBro]

I start with Photoshop CS5, where I make the panel layout (and place the texts) using a custom method.
Then I export the file and open it in SAI, where I sketch and draw the whole page.
Finally, I export the file back to Photoshop and add word baloons and sound effects, changing the position of texts if necessary.

[Zannen00]

With my Genius Tablet,i sketch,draw,paneling and text bubble all in Manga Studio 5...and that's it,heh..
Might need to pick up photoshop someday,once im ready to tackle color pages.

Question!I see that most artist like to use traditional method,even when uploaded into computer/internet,
is it a case of preference,or the quality of the art is different when drawn with pen,ink and paper,as opposed to tablet with software?

[eagle1]

Question!I see that most artist like to use traditional method,even when uploaded into computer/internet,is it a case of preference,or the quality of the art is different when drawn with pen,ink and paper,as opposed to tablet with software?

I can only speak for myself, but in my case, the painting is my favourite part of art. It's what I have the greatest passion for, so I set my workflow to allow me to do that, and I make the inking part of that since I do ink washes and such for my shading. I just wanted to have my hands on the art in some part of the process. And the penciling is the part where my OCD messes with me the most, so I cut that part out. I can spend hours on penciling when I am doing a painting, but for comic pages, I needed speed and consistency. I can do hand lettering as well, but here I am using the computer for everything but the inking and painting.
On the other hand, my pages don't look like anyone else's art style.

Eagle
(I love the feeling of a brush in my hand)

[winglesscomic]

writing: I type a shitload of garbage and bad dialogue into MS Word, then send it to my writer who acts like a filter and exports non-garbage and I edit it from there.

photoshop: I then do rough sketches of each page of the chapter, get green light to go, then I start working on each page. I make my panels in photoshop pretty crudely, then save and start working in SAI

SAI: lineart, rendering, back to photoshop

photoshop again: touch ups, word bubbles, text, colour correction, then resize and flatten

may or may not be used: manga studio 5 EX for that cheap anime movement line effect that I LOOOOOVE so much, or for anything else that involves the special rulers. I haven't had a need to use perspective yet but when I do I'll be sure to get right on that here.

[SpavVy]

The programs I use

Manga studio 5:
Sketching, importing textures, screen tones, most line art for now, certain brushes including effects and lettering.

Paintool Sai: Gearing more towards Sai's line art because I now have a pen tool I really love but taking baby steps so it won't be a sudden drastic change, I also always use Sai for coloring.

GIMP 2.8: Photoshop brushes and other brushes that won't work in Sai or MS5, I also use it for making my backgrounds transparent for certain projects.

Some of my friends think it's crazy that I have three art programs xD But I make them all work together so I can get the quality I want.

[StevenDacasin]

Most of my actual art is traditional as with my drafting. But i edit with Photoshop because it helps me adjust the levels, add lettering, and also cover errors that i may have made.

[eagle1]

I notice that two people use Manga Studio for everything, but most people are using an almost predictable mix of a tablet programme with a dedicated art programme for finishes.
And I am seeing the same things show up time and time again here. Interesting!

Eagle
( I have to try digital art sometime)

[facemeltingsolos]

I'm new to visual art in general so a lot of my stuff I borrow from my wife who's way more naturally talented in that respect. Right now all penciling I do is traditional, I scan it in and ink everything in ArtRage. Then I dump it in GIMP and fumble around until a usable picture pops out.

As far as hardware goes, I use my wife's, little Wacom Intuos.

Definitely looking forward to getting my own and maybe snagging Manga Studio. After looking at some tutorials I got the need.

[scottwuming]

I go plain and simple.
MS Word for script and Adobe Photoshop CS5 for the comic arts, from the paneling to sketching to inking to screentoning to typesetting.

[Kura]

Clip Studio Paint.

That's it really, I used to use more programs than that (sai and photoshop), and I miss being able to do some things that I used to be able to in other programs, but I am poor and can't afford photoshop at the moment and for whatever reason sai refuses to work on this computer, so I just stick with this one.

Also I guess MS word for the script portions.

[oreza]

Nothing too complicated for my part...

I used to draw everything on paper then take a photo to lineart from like, a few hours ago. Then today, out of intution, I tried using my tablet again, which "died" a year ago or something. I just re-installed the driver and MIRACLE ! It works. I still can't set the eraser and pressure on my pen, but well. Whatever. I can't config my buttons either, so I have to manually Ctrl+Z instead of just clicking a button. (That's annoying.)

So, now I keep the ideas in my mind and I begin sketching with my tablet on Paint Tool SAI frame by frame, in case I want to re-use or use slightly modified frames. (The great downside of sketching on paper was that I had to draw every frame again and again.) Then I go for the lineart, still on SAI.

Once I'm done with all the frames, I order them on a clean sheet on Photofiltre 7. That's where it gets fun ! Coloring time. My coloring is based on Hue Variation on shades of grey (I think I'm the only one who uses the Hue Variation on PF7...), then applying a darker version of the color I put to put a bit of relief. Screw shading. The skin is a special coloring, based on th same method but with different colors. That can give a fake sense of shading sometimes.

Annnd that's it, all I have to do after this is save the work and poof, done.

[allenthomas]

My process is pretty simple for Shadosassins:

I work on my script in Microsoft Word and I scan and color in Photoshop CS4. Nothing really noteworthy here.

[Amirai]

Writing: construct 2. It's game making software, but I realized it's actually great for writing because I can write story components in collapsible groups and comments, and as such can reorder pieces of the story easily by dragging and dropping, and I can collapse entire sections so it's easy to browse through.

Art: clip studio paint and a custom 'repainting' program I wrote.

[DeadAccount]

Yup, I do my art the same way as everyone else, it seems - Manga Studio 5 for drawing and colour, Photoshop for lettering/effects/designy stuff.
As for writing, I co-write the script with my collaborator (or rather, he does the actual writing and I just throw some badly-worded ideas in), so we use Google Docs for edits - that way all the script revisions are in there and it's easier to track progress.

[Zanreo]

For me, it is:

-SAI for outlines, coloring, backgrounds and most art stuff-
-Cloudalpaca for drawing up frames. Love those comic tools.
-GIMP for text... only because SAI doesn't have a text tool (c'mon SAI 2, what's taking so long?) and occasionally for effects I can't do in SAI

And a Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet for drawing

Considering trying out Manga Studio too?

[Peej]

I tend to go back and forth.
Starting with bits of paper with notes on, I swap and change the dialogue quite a bit (I'm not brilliant at scripting).
Then I type the dialogue into Manga Studio 5 on my laptop. I save that to Dropbox.
I then take the Dropbox file onto a Surface Pro and pencil the characters (for convenience sake, more than anything).
After saving back to Dropbox again, I ink the thing on the Cintiq plugged into the original laptop.

All this is done in Manga Studio, which I love to bits.

[abigailkbacilla]

I'm new to comics so I do a lot on paper, my work only goes digital in the inking stage, I do everything on photoshop cc

[abbastudios]

Adobe illustrator and ArtRage.