#5.2 2 Page Preview

   


    Didn't quite follow through with what I said in my last post. It may be several weeks late, and not a weekend, I finally got some new artwork posted.
  

    These are the first two pages to #5.2 of Centur Way of the Ninja. The stories happen inbetween #5 and #6 of the comic book series.

   
    I have decided to go with just pencils for the stories as I am fond of the rough textures that are on the page. I do not use blue line pencils whenever I draw. HB lead is my prefered type on lead and I switch from .5 to .7 Staedtler techincal pencil. For the larger shaded areas I use from a B to a 6B pencil.

    The first page took me approx 3 hours from start to finish and the second page took approx 4 hours to finish. I had some issues with the last panel on the page which is why took alittle longer. I still have to clean them abit a little, insert the text, and add the panel borders (I may leave the panels bare but I am not sure) but I am quite happy with how they turned out. 

Later,

t.

Digital Centuri

Playing around in Manga Studio.

Just started sketching away and it turned into a drawing of Centuri. This is the first time I had really used my Wacom Tablet for what is suppose to be used for (normally it is a fancy/expensive mouse pad) and was a lot easier than I thought it would be. This sketch total approx 5 minutes to do. A quick  sketch like this is a great way to get the creativity flowing at the start of the day. Looking forward to do doing of these.



approx 5 minutes in Manga Studio Debut 4



Manga Studios and Nice Paper Toys

Found out about a cool site called Nice paper Toys  http://www.nicepapertoys.com/


It's looks like a nice community of people that enjoy or create custom paper toys. Seems a little like facebook (from the small amount of facebook I have seen anyways) but for paper toy fans and creators. Definitely digging it so far.

I also decided to buy Manga Studio the other day.

http://manga.smithmicro.com/

I had heard many good things about it and a ton of artists that I have meet at conventions have been recommending it.  I got the Debut edition of it, the cheaper of the two (the other being the EX edition which is the professional edition). I played around with it alittle bit before going in to work yesterday and I found it very user friendly. Using the screen tones was very easy, which is good since it is the main reason I got it. Even though I finished Centuri Way of the Ninja issue 7, the plan is to go back a add a bunch of tones to the pages that should make the finished comic way better. There will probably be an extra page or two added since there is an area or two that I am not all that happy with in the comic.

With it being a long weekend up here in Canada, I plan on getting a lot done when it comes to issue 7 and issue 8 of Centuri Way of the Ninja. When I get some pages done I will post them.

Later
t.