Tony Moore posts his layouts for me, which I print out comic size in non-photo blue on comic board.

Next i hit the layout with the pencil if needed to tighten things up

Then I go right into inks..wallah!

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Hello I'm Mike Manley, welcome to my studio Blog. I am veteran comic, animation artist and created and edit Draw! Magazine. This blog is a chronicle of what's happening in my studio at home or in school,follow as I show my process and as a cartoonist, painter, teacher and more. I'm currently enrolled in the MFA Program at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Follow my process and path as an painter/student/student and find out how they inform and enrich each other! Mike M



7 comments:
hello mike. gretings from mexico
im fan of your work and is great discover you had a blog.
i have a question
did you convert in photoshop the lay out to non reproduce blue?
which is exactly the non reproduction blue? did you have a percent numbers or did you doit to the eye?
saludos
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Alebrije, Yes I converted the layout to blue in photoshop using the duotone setting, and there I already have the blue preset.
The rgb sliders are set to
R: 174 G:267 B: 247 to make the blue. Again this is based on what my printer an Epson 1200 will give me. Sometimes depending on the darkness of the pencils i adjust the lightness, or the contrast to lighten the blue so it won't print so dark.
Hey Mike, I just wanted to say I always enjoy seeing your "process" whether it be here or in Draw! magazine. I always learn something from them. Keep up the great work!
Hey, what happened to the Draw! site? It redirects to dsgcreative.com site, :-(
My ISP haD A SERVER ISSUE IT SHOULD BE FIXED SHORTLY
Wow. I love seeing the process broken down like this. Really great work. Thanks for sharing your secrets. YOu have no idea how much it helps.
Thanks, I am always happy to share and teach, I think that's especially important in the 'craft" end of comics.
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