Markers, really? I would have thought brushes -- but maybe the watercolor effects fooled me. ^_^ If it's markers, that's even more impressive -- it's such a smooth flowing line.
Kismet is inked 100% with a Crowquill (dip) pen. Raven's Children is more of a multimedia extravaganza ... the first few issues were wholly inked with the Crowquill, too, but in recent issues I'm getting more adventuresome and have been using brushes, markers, fine-tipped pens, white acrylic paint, India ink washes, charcoal and computer toning! Well over 50% of the inking is still done with a pen, however. Like you said ... I just can't get enough control with a brush, especially for doing faces and details. It's pretty good for hair and trees, though. You can see some of my recent brushwork on these Raven's Children sample pages (http://comics.laylalawlor.com/rc/IssTwelve/01.html) from the current issue. (The figures are all inked with a pen, but the backgrounds are done mostly with a brush.)
Of course, it would probably help if I'd spring for an expensive brush. I always buy the cheapest watercolor brushes in the store and then wonder why I can't get a fine line from them!
I would like to learn to color with markers, or at least to use them for color accents, but they're just so expensive ...
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Kismet is inked 100% with a Crowquill (dip) pen. Raven's Children is more of a multimedia extravaganza ... the first few issues were wholly inked with the Crowquill, too, but in recent issues I'm getting more adventuresome and have been using brushes, markers, fine-tipped pens, white acrylic paint, India ink washes, charcoal and computer toning! Well over 50% of the inking is still done with a pen, however. Like you said ... I just can't get enough control with a brush, especially for doing faces and details. It's pretty good for hair and trees, though. You can see some of my recent brushwork on these Raven's Children sample pages (http://comics.laylalawlor.com/rc/IssTwelve/01.html) from the current issue. (The figures are all inked with a pen, but the backgrounds are done mostly with a brush.)
Of course, it would probably help if I'd spring for an expensive brush. I always buy the cheapest watercolor brushes in the store and then wonder why I can't get a fine line from them!
I would like to learn to color with markers, or at least to use them for color accents, but they're just so expensive ...