[see]

Big hello to all !


I really would like to know how Joe Madureira is "inking" his art. It looks so different.
Maybe a good tut ( similar to his style )

I tried to contact him but his email isn't working

Thanx to all


Best wishes

Flo

[gezstar]

you'd have to ask tim townsend or tom mcweeney about that, cos they're the ones who ink his art. all i can say is good luck trying to emulate their styles, because they have pen control that borders on the superhuman.

[Alpha_Meta]

Pen control and/or Adobe Streamline?

[gezstar]

Do you know that for a fact, or are you guessing? It seems plausible to me... not saying they're not great inkers though.

[egerie]

Great sketcher + great inker = awesome art.

Great sketcher + great inker + great color artist = art.

[B0b]

hmm have to dig out my comics & take a peek..

[MadSamoan]

Most likely a Windor Newton Series 7 watercolor brush. The bigger the better. Of course there's skill and dexterity to factor, but to get those sharp points for feathering, you need the best quality brushes.

[gezstar]

well townsend has been using a brush recently (scharff 3000), but on madureira's stuff he used a hunt 102 crowquill pen almost exclusively - it provides a smoother, sharper feathering line than a brush. series 7 aren't as good as they used to be, by the way - most pro's favour the scharff and/or raphael now.

[see]

Thanx for all your answers !

I emailed Tom and for those who are interested here the answer :

"Comic book inking isn't done on computer yet. It's done on paper with a pen
and ink. Joe penciled the art on bristol board and sent the pages to me and I
then I inked them with a pen or a brush.

I'm sure somewhere down the road they will figure out a way to "ink" with a
computer but for now it's still all done the old fashioned way.

Tom