The Tools

So. I guess I haven't really explained the wonderful tools I use in my trade.

There aren't that many truthfully, but I decided to explain them anyway.

First in the Pen and Ink:
I use a special ink called India Ink. Often used by artist and such. It is fast drying and doesn't bleed with water. I work on water color paper for texture and so that the ink doesn't seep through. I can use various sizes of different pen tips to get different types of lines, but mostly I stick with one. Issues I have with this tool is when it screws up, it makes a BIT BLACK MARK. Not fun. But that's what photoshop is for.

Then I use a scanner:

Simple as can be. Stick a piece of paper on it and it transfers it into a digital file. I put this at a very high resolution so that I am capable of adding lots of detail to the work.

After that, I use Photoshop to add color an clean up the picture, removing mistakes and finishing the piece:

I wish I had CS4...that would be so sweeeeeeeet. I have an older version, but it works just as well. It takes time and with a Tablet (above) coloring is much easier as it allows the size of the mark I am making to change with pressure as if it were an actual pen or pencil.

It allows pics like this:

to be awesome sauce. BOOM BABY.