Tools of the Trade

DarkestPaladin 2015-11-24 19:06:33 UTC #1

What programs or tools do you use while creating your art?
Traditional then scan?
All traditional?
All digital?
Photoshop, MangaStudio, Sai, Debut...?... MSpaint?

Tanisha 2015-11-24 19:11:27 UTC #2

All digital for me!
I use Clip Studio Paint EX and Photoshop CC sometimes for final effectsfor illustrations and for making my mangas I use Manga Studio EX4 /5~^^b

Doubtcent 2015-11-24 19:18:54 UTC #3

All digital, although I sketch out most of my comic beforehand so I know the layout. Nothing too detailed until the finished product.
I work with Manga Studio 5 (clip studio paint) and a bamboo tablet.
I've been meaning to go into traditional for a while, and I've been working on getting new supplies. Christmas I suppose would be the best time to get stuff.

DarkestPaladin 2015-11-24 19:21:08 UTC #4

Continuing the discussion from Tools of the Trade:

Same here! Except I use Manga Studio EX5 and Paint tool Sai.

DarkestPaladin 2015-11-24 19:22:14 UTC #5

Continuing the discussion from Tools of the Trade:

I wanted to try sketching out my stuff first, I just got a new scanner not long ago and wanted to see how it would all work out. I'm just fidgety around resolution scales and such - I usually mess that part up and something always ends up being too blurry.

AnnaLandin 2015-11-24 20:08:36 UTC #6

For Grassblades, I use a combination of Manga Studio 4EX and Manga Studio 5, and I draw everything on my Cintiq 21UX - except for the storyboards, which I draw on regular A4 printer paper, with whatever mechanical pencil I happen to have on hand.

camillabluejay 2015-11-24 20:24:07 UTC #7

A mix! I thumbnail and pencil it on paper to make the drawings more fluid, and then I scan them in and ink them on the computer.

dorkrawk 2015-11-24 21:37:40 UTC #8

For most Mount Saint Awesome comics I start by sketching (usually on cheap printer paper) and then inking with Micron pens. Then I scan into Photoshop, correct the levels and clean up the image. From there I take that cleaned up image and import it into Illustrator, do a live trace (ignoring white) on the inked lines and color by creating shapes under the ink layer. I do my lettering in Illustrator as well.

mattcleaver 2015-11-24 22:28:46 UTC #9

I'm a bit of a dinosaur who refuses to go with the times, so I still do lineart for In Our Shadow in real media and scan it. I do colour digitally because it's so much easier and ends up looking arguably better. Plus laser effects.

I use Open Canvas for colour and Photoshop for effects, text and detailing.

I do see the super smooth lineart of most fully digital comics and think that looks amazing... but I have tried to do it myself and failed catastrophically.

Damatris 2015-11-25 00:16:36 UTC #10

For Fallacy I do thumbnails traditionally with pen on print paper as it's super cheap. For rest of it I use Manga Studio / Clip Studio Paint. However, I have worked on it with SAI, watercolors & ink and copics & ink... I'm in the slow process of replacing old pages to have it in uniform style. :'D

Oh, and I use Wacom Intuos Pro tablet

Vikiro_Hop 2015-11-25 02:30:35 UTC #11

Self Defeat is my first all digital project, it's been quite a learning experience.

I use Sai to draw in and then Gimp to add text. It's not the best, but works for right now.

okellymx 2015-11-25 02:46:25 UTC #12

I do a lot of preproduction traditionally, but the actual pages are done digitally in Photoshop CC and Clip Studio Paint Ex. I sketch in Photoshop and Ink in Clip Studio Paint. I might switch from Photoshop to Krita for sketching though.

Mharz 2015-11-25 03:39:10 UTC #13

I drew the layout and roughs on paper but I finish it digitally using Photoshop CS5.

James_Ulmen 2015-11-25 08:34:45 UTC #14

For the last year Space Guys has been all digital with Photoshop CC and a Cintiq 15hd. I used to pencil and pen before scanning them.

joannekwan 2015-11-25 08:36:15 UTC #15

Everything I do is on my Wacom Intuos 3 and Photoshop CS6. Though I do logos and other vector work on Illustrator.