One of the following images was inked
with real pen & ink; the others are all
Wacom Bamboo Tablet experiments.
Can you tell which one is 'real' ?
1st, the original pencils...
The bottom line is, it is still WAY
faster to ink something the old-school
way, with much more control; but,
the benefit of using a Graphics
Tablet is that you can change
or delete brush strokes,
and do multiple versions
until you get it right. I think
this could be dangerous, however,
put into the hands of an anal perfectionist,
so, my policy will be to SCAN my pencil art
JUST IN CASE I mess up the dip-ink rendering !
My guess is B for the hand-inked version. They're very similar and it's hard to tell.
ReplyDeleteI concure with KW - B is my guess. They all look pretty good, though.
ReplyDeleteYou're both correct, of course ! You must have spotted the organic residue of real Witeout on 'B', or, just intuited by virtue of the 'look'. I will use the Graphics Tablet sometimes to clean up or correct mistakes; and, occasionally, on a very tricky pencil image, I will ink it digitally. The image I chose here was difficult because I felt my inks could not improve the look achieved with the pencil art, so, it was nice to have the luxury of multiple chances to get it 'right'.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely B. The linework on the computerized versions is totally different. On the hand-inked version, there are more natural transitions, and more subtle effects. You can "see" the hand/brush at work.
ReplyDeleteThanx evm111 ! I guess it takes an Artist (or artist appreciator) to know one. The other subtle indicator is that the black lines do not maintain a consistent opacity on the real inks, due to my varying degrees of pressure.
ReplyDelete"maintain a consistent opacity on the real inks, due to my varying degrees of pressure.
ReplyDeleteThose are the parts (and the smooth, variable line) I think are the best!
These guess-games are pretty fun. I want more!
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