How do I get better at inking with depth?
Michael, Poland: I have a problem with shading: in comics, I would like to use the - let's call it Albrecht Durer woodcut-like method of making dots, dashes, curves or straight lines - with their interaction with color - to render different degree of light and shade, and at the same time transmitting a powerful message about the volume and texture of an object. But I get lost and I am desperately looking for guidelines. Thank you a lot in advance for any kind piece of advice!
Topic: Creating Depth
Answered: Yes
Episode: 4
Time mark: (00:12:50)
Full Ep. Notes: Ep4 Show Notes
- Woodcuts definition
- 3d makerbot
- Ted Washington
- Do lots of texture exercises
- Commit to one per project
- Do outlines/contours first, scan, and print out several copies of the page trying different line techniques
- Another option is not not even do line work at all
Its an older style of creating line art
- You can color
- Check out Bone - Jeff Smith rarely does shading and utilizes a brush to go from thick to thin to indicate depth in objects
- Moebius uses an opposite technique with a quill pen. Due to the consistent thickness he needs to show depth through shading.
- Frank Miller
- Life-drawing
- Fiona Staples
- Examples: Jason Brubaker Sithrah
- Alec Longstreth
- Malcolm Gladwell