I'd been asked a few times now how I go about drawing the pages for 'Heritage'. So here's the skinny: Start off with a thumbnail sketched (not pictured because they look like crap), sketch out the page proper (again not pictured, same reason). Once that's done I ink the lines. For this I use Deleter no.1 black ink and Deleter dip-ink pens. G-pen for most of the lines, changing to a mapping nip for the thinnest lines. I use Letraset comic book paper... for a while I used Deleter paper but it doesn't hold the ink so well on the wash stage. Which brings me on to... The wash stage! Once the ink's dry (that's rather important) I rub out the pencils and come in with kolinsky sable brushes (Winsor&Newton Series 7) with Deleter ink. This time I use no.5 since that seems to work nicest with washes. Once inked and dried I then use Photoshop to add more shading and atmosphere. For this particular page I decided to add colour but usually I stop at the greyscale stage.
Start off with a thumbnail sketched (not pictured because they look like crap), sketch out the page proper (again not pictured, same reason). Once that's done I ink the lines. For this I use Deleter no.1 black ink and Deleter dip-ink pens. G-pen for most of the lines, changing to a mapping nip for the thinnest lines. I use Letraset comic book paper... for a while I used Deleter paper but it doesn't hold the ink so well on the wash stage. Which brings me on to...
The wash stage! Once the ink's dry (that's rather important) I rub out the pencils and come in with kolinsky sable brushes (Winsor&Newton Series 7) with Deleter ink. This time I use no.5 since that seems to work nicest with washes.
Once inked and dried I then use Photoshop to add more shading and atmosphere. For this particular page I decided to add colour but usually I stop at the greyscale stage.