Blacklisted Living
on August 19, 2016
at 12:00 am
I’ve switched back to inking my comics with a finer pen this past week. I’ve been using a larger one for a couple of years now and finally got fed up with not having the control I used to have. Can any of you tell the difference?
I honestly can’t. I rolled back to last week and tried to spot any difference – I simply can’t.
I tried, too.
I tried really hard.
It looks exactly the same.
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And regarding this particular strip:
For three panels I asked myself “What is this circle supposed to be?”
I was like “OOOooOOoooOoooo…!” when it finally hit me (and that old lady bug, too). 😀
Yeah, I kinda felt that the details would be lost when shrunken down and displayed on a screen.
I can see a small difference. The larger strokes are about the same, it’s when you get into the finer detail that it shows up slightly, like the wheelchair or the nurse’s V-cut neckline. It’s hard to tell as you said, but it does make the fine lines when they’re next to each other clearer to see, or at least it seems to. Or it could just be my imagination because you told me to look for it. Maybe you didn’t change at all. Maybe you just want to see if people will fall for your dastardly nefarious scheme!
Scheming sounds like it takes effort, though, so I think we’re safe.
I kinda notice a difference, it seems like you have more rounded edges than sharp ones on this strip compared to the last few. Like the heads on the bugs and the speech boxes aren’t quite as pointy in this panel as some of the others. Other than that though, not a major difference.
I can’t tell the difference. Should there be a difference in look, or is it just a a matter of how well you can control how you write and how fine you can make your details?
That’s what it really comes down to: control. I think the drawings look sharper because I can really control the lines, but I figured it wouldn’t really look any different to anyone else.
So if you wanted to get back the “control that you used to have” why did you switch to a larger pen in the first place?
Tricky. If I say it’s an improvement, I’m saying your work was substandard for years, and if I say it isn’t, the depth of your talent is obviously wasted on me.
I… *runs away*
“Buy our ‘New and Improved’ product!”
So, you were selling me inferior product before?
Yeah, I can never tell when you switch pens, use a tablet vs. hand drawn…I apparently don’t notice stuff. I only notice how much your comic makes me laugh. I too, was wondering what the circle was on her desk, then did a double-take when I realized it was the dodge ball.
Nope, use whatever is comfortable, ’cause I’m a musician, not a visual artist. I can barely tell the colors apart… oh, wait, this is in black and white, isn’t it?!
I went back to July 1st.
I can see no difference.
But, what if; we used MORE POWER?!
https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/letter/
I see quite some difference, here.
Holy crap, I had no idea finger pens existed. They look really interesting, I’m gonna have to try one out for my own comics.
Finger pens?
Ooh… I read that wrong. But also finger pens are a thing.
The old man bug in the third panel will get in, no trouble. He doesn’t even have a neck!
I’ve just noticed that none of them do! Cannot unsee…
I love how Mrs. Goldstein is still hunched forward in her wheelchair even after being decked with the dodgeball and knocked over. It’s like she’s so stiff with old age that she wasn’t even able to flinch from the impact. Just teetered over like a wrinkly statue. Are we sure she’s not going through rigor mortis?
http://i.makeagif.com/media/11-22-2015/E7d6yl.gif
Your line work has always been fine, even when your jokes are coarse. 🙂
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