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RyanOttley — Issue 40, Rus the Astronaut
Published: 2007-04-20 13:52:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 5731; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 208
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So this is from issue 40, I'll be posting a few more pages from this issue and there WILL be spoilers. SO if you don't want spoilers, then delete the deviations as they come up. Anyway this is Rus infested with Sequids. My pencil to inks.Ryan
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I am seriously grateful that you post your pencil to ink artworks..!! man!! it helps people like me who really struggle with penciling!! Super THANKS
great work!!
*with the rough pencils, you ink it immediately dont you - well how about the details - how do you add them?? do you just have everything in your head that you dont need to pencil it down first?! do you even use references???
^_^ just asking...
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I'm just trying to skip un-needed work. If I added detail in the pencils then that means I'd be drawing it twice once I inked over it. So I decided I'll draw details once. The sketchy pencils I use just to give me enough info that I can start on inks. I use reference when needed. For example sometimes I want a certain idea on cars or buildings so they don't all end up looking the same. Of course I HATE looking up reference, I'm very lazy that way. So I don't do it as much as I should. But for issue 40 it was all spaceships and that kind of thing, so no reference was needed.
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thanks so much for the info...
one last thing though - what pens do you use to INK your stuff?!
i use Rotring mechanical pens, which is super hard do use..!!
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Brush pens and regular pens, all from Staedtler.
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SUPER Thanks..that is great help..!!
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Forgive my igonrance, but from where is this comic availalbe for purchase?
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Comic shops. Some bookstores. Some websites that sell comics. Like amazon.com, just type in Invincible.
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Ah ok thanks. Thought it was some limited self-financed comic or something. Haven't been keeping myself updated hehe.
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No, it's published through Image Comics.
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Thee shapes of the dark spots on the first inked panel make me think "Mignola." And I loved it.
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Well thank you sir Kevin thee overweight.
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Shit indeed. I've got more talent in my little finger. Unfortunately the rest of the hand F* it up.
hahahahah.
Sweet stuff.
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HAHA! Nice. Thanks Ronald.
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well done,man. always tricky finding the right balance of definition/detail when you have a huge swarm of little things...man, lice sure is bad on that guy.
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awesome layouts... ahhh...now I see how you work on your inks. The rough pencils is just an indication for you to throw in the details later on the inks.
That's a lot of confidence there, Ryan... I guess after working on so many pages all these years has given you the knowledge to believe in your lines.
Wish I can be like that someday.
A
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hey bro awesome shit. do you do any type of lightboxing with your roughs at all? or do you just have an idea, rough it out on comic paper and then just ink on top of it? just kinda like a 2 step process?
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Nope. Not a fan of lightboxing. Pencil than ink, all on one paper.
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Hey wya, your stuff is looking awesome.
I gotta ask though, I have been following your new approach to penciling and inking, do you recommend this approach for beginners as well? Or do you think a penciller should first start by doing tight pencils and as they get confident with their style they should over on to layouts and then inking them?
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No. It took a while to get use to. I wouldn't recommend it for beginners.
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do you perfer to work that loosely or is that just what you need when inking yourself? i have been working through a project and found that i perferred how the pages turned out when i drew them a lot looser than when they were tighter. with tighter images i feel less of the ability to monkey with them. do you have pointers for how to switch between tighter images and loose ones? i ask because i know that sometimes i am not going to be able to ink my own stuff or something like that.
thanks
robbie vermillion
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If someone is inking me I tighten up the pencils. If I ink myself, then yeah, I keep it loose. I do tighten up covers a little bit more than pages though. So there is less guess work.
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so which way do you prefer to work? just out of curiosity sake. which one do you think is faster for you/
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The way I do it now. Sketchy pencils, then inks.
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Good thing ya warned me, I already learned something I shouldn't have, you big meanie. Very nice-lookin', hope to see it on shelves.
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Well, once again I am bowled over by your inking genius. This is just awesome. I love the tentacle reaching across his face. And of course, you draw those screaming mouths better'n anybody!
Kudos!
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is there any chance you could post the penciled version of the chucky drawing?
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i JUST read that issue yesterday, and dude, that battle with the Lizard League was insane! it must have been a trip to draw all those mangled DupliKate's. Really cool, bro.
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Kinda Matrix-looking waves and tentacles of little brain-squids there 
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AWESOME. I love your art.
So do you go straight from the roughs you show here to the inked version you show here?
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SO AWESOME.
It's a shame I've never read Invincible. Once I get around to it I will already know everything.
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Bro you just have some mad drawing skills. I envy you man.
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I'm always amazed by your "before and after" shots - to throw that amount of ink on those few pencils is incredible. Awesome work as usual.
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yep. I went straight to inks right after the pencils. I keep it sketchy, I really don't need much info if I'm inking it myself, just enough to get by.
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You and Mr Crabtree have my sympathies for the carpal tunnel this must have inflicted on you both.
Fantastic job I can't wiait to read this!
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