Two years ago during the summer vacation, I went on a 10-week comic workshop run by Quang Comics. At that time I hadn’t established my working process and style, and I thought that I’d not only learn how to write and make comic strips, but also get inspiration from great comic artists. Yet the more I learnt about comics, the more I realised that comic techniques can also be applied to digital illustration work. Here, I’d like to explain how I use comic techniques in my digital illustrations, as well as reveal some useful tools and tricks.
ENHANCING THE LINE-WORK
At that time I worked digitally. There are countless digital brushes that can be acquired from the internet, and trying to choose one was tricky. I felt I’d been given too many options, but also believed that just randomly picking a brush wouldn’t be helpful. And then I remembered something the teacher told me: that I should decide on the brush style that could best deliver the theme and the mood of the story.
The comic I was working on at that time had a science-fiction theme. I wanted my comic to feel cold and calm, so I explored mainly solid, hard Photoshop brushes without much pen pressure. I also tried out various brushes using Illustrator and Clip Studio Paint. Unlike Photoshop, both programs enabled me to use different brushes on the line-work in real-time using line vectors. I could also adjust the stroke sizes, so before I really started working on the comic I could see if the line complemented the theme.
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