Converted it to a duo-tone image after scanning it to enhance the black-and-white-ness of the page. Inking was done in a mix of pen, marker and acrylic paint (brushing). I have a set of four "art pens" in 0.1mm, 0.3mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm thicknesses which I've had since my undergrad days. I was a little worried they might have dried up by now, but they seem to be in working order. The marker is a twin-tip sharpie (a "fine" tip and a wedge tip). The brushwork was done with the smallest red sable brush I could find and some black acrylic paint.My original intent was to primarily ink the page using pen, with marker to fill larger areas, and then experiment with the brush on some of the smaller panels (the character close-ups). I followed that plan for the first two panels. I experimented with the brush as planned for the character close-ups. A very quick search on the internet suggested that acrylic paint could be used either as-is or by diluting with water. I tried it "as-is" at first, but found it was too thick and kind of clumpy and hard to get any really thin lines. So then I decided to add some water and everything went so much smoother! I ended up liking how the brush was working so much that I did the characters and foreground for all the remaining panels and just used pen for the background, anything I need to use a ruler for and some of the fine details.
Overall, fairly happy with how things turned out though I really need to work on drawing shadows as the ones I attempted turned out not so great.
Currently working on adding panel borders and word balloons so the next update should be the final version of page 1!
Freak Out,
-TFitC
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