Seeking Technical Info

[Wayne Elliott]

Hi.

I'm looking for info on the process!

The relationship between pencilists/inkers/colourists.

What actually happens?

Why the role separation?

How exactly does it occur.

I'm new to all this, and would be interested in any advise
on developing the appropriate artistic skills.

Areas like

anatomy
scenery
action
colour
equipment
technique
shade
clothing
layout
facial emotion

Recommended references, FAQs, anyone.

WPE

[Tom Vincent]

In article <wayne.850295430@ss1>, wa...@cs.uwa.oz.au (Wayne Elliott) wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for info on the process!
>
> The relationship between pencilists/inkers/colourists.

The colorist has the hardest and most important job. :-)

No, actually, the realtionship between the three is really dependant upon
who the artists involved are. For the most part, the penciller will draw
the basic page in varying degrees of detail or "finish". The inker will
then do anything from essentially "trace" the pencilled line, to literally
turn "stick figures" into finished drawings. The colorist will then do
anything from fill in the white spaces, as in a coloring book to fully
render out the b&w artwork with color.

>
> What actually happens?
>

Hopefully, everyone plays well together and creates a wonderful looking
comic book.
> Why the role separation?
>

Basically because it's far too time consuming for one person to do it all.
I'd guesstimate that a fully painted comic book page , to go through all
three stages (pencils, inks, colors) is probably in the neighborhood of
18-24 man hours. Multiply that times 22 pages for a standard comic and
that's a hefty workload every month.

> How exactly does it occur.

It varies from creator to creator, project to project.

>
> I'm new to all this, and would be interested in any advise
> on developing the appropriate artistic skills.
>
> Areas like
>
> anatomy

I highly recommend the following books:
FIGURE DRAWING FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH by Andrew Loomis
BRIDGEMAN'S ANATOMY
ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY FOR THE ARTIST by Stephen Rogers Peck

> scenery
I have a substantiol collection of books on nature, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
MAGAZINES, Natonal Geographic books, several books on architecture, as
well as books on space and the universe, all of which I reference
frequently.

> action

Dover books has collections of photos taken as movies in the early part of
the century depicting everything from models wrestling, to women carrying
water, to a legless boy climbing into a chair. I have a copy of it, but
the title escapes me at the moment.

> colour
Although there are loads of books available on "color theory", I find that
color is far too subjective to be treated in a strictly academic fashion,
so I generally study the work of artists whose sensibilities are similar
to mine. Among my favorites are Maxfeild Parrish (my *absolute favorite*),
impressionist and post impressionist painters, painters of the Flemish
school (Rembrandt, Bosch, etc.), BWS, and Peter Ledger. Medical
illustrators also have a very dynamic usage of color.
> equipment
Depends upon the individual. I use Dr. Martins dyes, watercolor, gouache,
acrylics, colored pencil...
For application of paints, I use Windsor Newton series 7 brushes, a
Thayer&Chandler AA retouchers airbrush, as well as a Paasche AB turbo for
fine detail.
> technique
> shade
just look around and pay attention to what you see.
> clothing
Fredrick's of Hollywood cataloge. ;-)
> layout > technique
COMICS AND SEQUENTIAL ART by Will Eisner

> facial emotion
ATLAS OF FACIAL EXPRESSION by Stephen rogers Peck

Hope this helps.

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[Francis A Uy]

Information about comics creation & the business side can be found at:

http://www.teleport.com/~ennead/ampersand/how_to.html
http://nspace.cts.com/html/Comics/Creators/
http://www.redweb.com/wraithspace/Business/
ftp://ftp.hiof.no/pub/Comics/Guidelines/
http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~fuy1/comics
http://grove.ufl.edu/~jrm/

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