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Anne
Jun '14

I'm using Photoshop CC from start to finish. My comic is Hiekkaa20. (sorry, can't upload a sneak peek right now)

jecie
Jun '14

I like how it looks like it was done in watercolor. Why not do it in colors?

houseofmuses
Jun '14

I'm one of those CGI artists. I write my stories out and render the scenes in DAZ Studio. I do my layouts in Adobe Illustrator, words and lettering, and render the page out for web and print. My science fiction comic series A Deviant Mind is available here at Tapastic and at http://www.houseofthemuses.com/adeviantmind2. My main site is Members Only, but for as little as 99 cents a month, readers can read the episodes in their entirety with no cliffhangers, plus grab VIP access to special Members Only Content and free PDF downloads according to Member status.

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Anne
Jun '14
jecie

I've thought about colouring my comic but it's really stepping out of my comfort zone smiley Maybe it would be a good idea, since my art style is kind of messy. I'll think about it.

elegantgamer
Jun '14

I draw them out first than I scan them and then pop them into Paint Tool Sai and Photoshop CS5 and work betwen the both of them using my wacom tablet.

UzukiCheverie
Jun '14

I use a Wacom Bamboo Capture, which is a tablet that I believe isn't even being made anymore :B (I believe they've been replaced by the complete Intuos line) So it's an old model, but I love it > w <

To draw, I use a mixture of Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop CS6. I pre-made my panels in Photoshop - so they're saved as they're own file so when I start a new comic I just need to open the panels file and save the final comic as a separate file, meaning I don't have to redraw the panels every gosh darn time lol - and then I do the sketch/linework/coloring in Paint Tool SAI. I add the text and speech bubbles in Photoshop, then switch back to SAI to add the balloon tails as well as the white background on the speech bubbles (so that they aren't transparent) and then I reformat the comics in SAI for vertical (as they're vertical on Tapastic, but traditionally horizontal on its own website) and then switch BACK to Photoshop and save the images as .JPG's.

Phew.

elegantgamer
Jun '14

you could download speech balloon brushes. they are quite helpful! than just a stroke around them.

UzukiCheverie
Jun '14

If they're SAI brushes, then I'll definitely try it out. I try and limit my use of Photoshop CS6 though just because it's SO SLOW v____v (at least on my computer haha). I pretty much limit my use of Photoshop CS6 to just text and saving files as JPG's (because for some reason the function to save image files like JPG's/PNG's/etc.) in SAI . . . no longer works and hasn't for a long time and I really don't want to go through the pain of re-installing it and all the brushes I have and all that junk> 3>""")

pastchaser
Jun '14

For Hazy Daze2 Ive pretty much become all digital. Sometimes I'll throw down a bunch of thumbs in pencil depending on what I have access to, but lately Ive bearly touched paper DX

I mostly use PaintToolSai, but I use Photoshop Cs2 for my panel borders, text and bubbles and sometimes a few other effects.

jecie
Jun '14

I remember when I was first starting out the Wacom tablet was so expensive now you could get it for cheap at best buy

Ruxin
Jun '14

I never could get the hang of tablets, and I guess part of me is too much of a cheapo to put down any money on one when I'm not sure how much I'll use it. I stick to pens and paper. I use a set of Sakura brand microns and regular printer paper. I should use blue pencils but I can't seem to find a mechanical pencil that fits the size of blue lead I've got. That said, I've stuck to some pretty standard grey lead. I use photoshop CS5 (which I actually spent money on because I'm insane in the head) for tones, lettering, and small touch ups. I don't do any digital inking.

Celtx is what I use for scripting. They have a comic template already programmed in which is very useful. I don't do thumbnails or anything so I guess I don't have a program or tool I use for that.

SRHiggins
Jun '14

I'm finally able to produce all my sketches, inks, and finished works on the computer. However, sometimes I still draw by hand and scan things into the computer. I mainly use Manga Studio 4 and a crappy wacom tablet. My work would look so much better and less jagged if it weren't for my tablet. I want a cintiq so bad. So very, very bad frowning

I use Celtx too! I highly recommend it.

Jeromatic
Jun '14

I start with a rough pencil sketch of the layout first, then I do the penciling with a mechanical pencil on Paris Paper. The inking is usually done with a WN Series 7 brush (usually #2), and Micron pens for the thinner lines. When I first started Bunny Wiggins2, I inked with Manga Studio... that was for the first 12 pages until I realized that I really enjoyed the actual inking on paper... The coloring is done in Photoshop CS3... I use a Bamboo tablet for some of that.

Peej
Jun '14

Hyper and Stick is done entirely on my Surface Pro using Manga Studio. I love it but I'm still getting to grips with the set up.

Drezz
Jun '14

I sketch out small thumbnails of my comic pages to get the panels right, based on the length of my script. Then I scan them in and find photographs in the poses that are closest to my thumbnails. Sometimes I do some extra work in Photoshop to get the actions down right.

Then I will do the linework and inking in Illustrator. I finish everything in InDesign, since it allows me to set the pages up for print at the same time. smile

kambreapratt
Jun '14

For our comic Thom (the artist) will thumb out the pages and we go over them together. Then he draws it on paper. He was doing it all in Manga Studio, but he has found he has better control and is faster working traditionally.

Then he scans it and it is colored in Manga Studio. Sometimes I help with the colors, depending on how far behind we are. He letters with either Manga Studio or Photoshop. He changes it, so I am not sure what he is using the most.