Comments on: A DISTANT SOIL: The Gathering Chapter 7 Page 12

By: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 04:07:19 +0000

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By: mamid

mamid — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:43:08 +0000

Inking with a brush is a pita. Inking with a dip pen is nasty. Oops. Ink splotch. argh! Inking with a cartridge G pen (sorta a caligraphy pen, but not quite, used in Manga) is also a pita, but better. Technical pens are easiest, but it is just as easy to break a nib. It also depends on which technical pens you use as well. I’ve gone through hundreds. I now have to keep my supplies practically under lock and key to keep them safe from curious kids who might have the talent as well.

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:14:07 +0000

VT: “Softening hard ink edges, I cannot fathom.”

That’s the problem I have inking with pens, which is why I much prefer inking with a brush.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:24:04 +0000

Aw, shucks.

I love trying new looks and styles, but there’s a sequence in the middle of the first installment (this one) where, as I said, I bowed to criticism of my work and introduced hard edges to the art.

I also rejected earlier pressure to ink with a brush. Almost all of my inking is with a pen. I don’t think any of my published work is done with a brush.

By: VT

VT — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:33:30 +0000

I think ink is tricky. I tried it for the first time on Saturday night, and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Softening hard ink edges, I cannot fathom. My respect for your skills has reached new heights.