GamewizX
12-25-2006, 5:05 AM
As the title suggests, I've decided to begin building my portfolio with some new pieces. But this portfolio is taking a very specific approach. Basically that of trying to get into comic book companies as an inker. So I've started the process of working on a bunch of inks that I hope to have done in rapid succesion, and would love some input as I begin to build this up.
From what I've found out, if you want to be an inker, they want you to show your inking skills on someone else's pencil sketches, NOT your own pencils. They want to see how you handle different style of pencilers and how you translate their work into an inking as that is what you'd be doing anyways if you were working for them. Considering I'm not a good comic artist but I enjoy inking, applying as an inker sounded much more logical than a penciler.
The first one I'm working on is from a random pencil I got online. This guy is a pretty tight penciler, so it's been pretty easy so far making it into an inking. I've really only had to idealize his pencil a few times in some of the smaller indications, but overall his style is very clean. As I continue to do these pieces I'll do a wide range of pencilers, from clean to very messy to see how I handle them.
Here's a side by side comparison of what I've done so far. I'll reveal more of his sketch as I finish more of my ink. This is just the upper left hand corner of the piece. I'm not too crazy about the upper left guy as he's the one I started with and there's some sloppy linework in there. I really should warm up my hand on another piece of paper instead of diving into the actual piece like that like I always do... I always regret it later.
So let me know what you think and if there's anywhere I can improve on it! Also let me know if you think I'm translating his piece well enough, and making it look cleaner than the original. Make sure to zoom in on it so you see all the detail! As always, I only use a brush as I don't like quill and pens are too limiting. You can do everything a quill and pen can with a brush, so I don't see the point of them.
The overall picture size (not completely shown here) is 11x14. I actually wanted to work on it as a 14x17 but the printer I took it to printed the wrong size and I didn't realize it till I got home and started inking... so this piece is gonna be hard working this small with this much detail.
Oh, and the pencil is blue like that because after I'm done inking over it, I can scan the whole thing back in and the blue lines underneath disappear, just leaving the inking.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/GamewizX/th_preview1.jpg (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/GamewizX/preview1.jpg)
From what I've found out, if you want to be an inker, they want you to show your inking skills on someone else's pencil sketches, NOT your own pencils. They want to see how you handle different style of pencilers and how you translate their work into an inking as that is what you'd be doing anyways if you were working for them. Considering I'm not a good comic artist but I enjoy inking, applying as an inker sounded much more logical than a penciler.
The first one I'm working on is from a random pencil I got online. This guy is a pretty tight penciler, so it's been pretty easy so far making it into an inking. I've really only had to idealize his pencil a few times in some of the smaller indications, but overall his style is very clean. As I continue to do these pieces I'll do a wide range of pencilers, from clean to very messy to see how I handle them.
Here's a side by side comparison of what I've done so far. I'll reveal more of his sketch as I finish more of my ink. This is just the upper left hand corner of the piece. I'm not too crazy about the upper left guy as he's the one I started with and there's some sloppy linework in there. I really should warm up my hand on another piece of paper instead of diving into the actual piece like that like I always do... I always regret it later.
So let me know what you think and if there's anywhere I can improve on it! Also let me know if you think I'm translating his piece well enough, and making it look cleaner than the original. Make sure to zoom in on it so you see all the detail! As always, I only use a brush as I don't like quill and pens are too limiting. You can do everything a quill and pen can with a brush, so I don't see the point of them.
The overall picture size (not completely shown here) is 11x14. I actually wanted to work on it as a 14x17 but the printer I took it to printed the wrong size and I didn't realize it till I got home and started inking... so this piece is gonna be hard working this small with this much detail.
Oh, and the pencil is blue like that because after I'm done inking over it, I can scan the whole thing back in and the blue lines underneath disappear, just leaving the inking.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/GamewizX/th_preview1.jpg (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/GamewizX/preview1.jpg)