Saturday, March 11, 2006

Fear Agent 4

I am in the midst of inking on Fear Agent 4, which will be my last work on the series, though I do plan on doing a back-up story for Rick. I figure I'd show some more of my process.

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!


You can see a larger pic of this page here.
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6 comments:

  1. Mralebrije10:54 PM

    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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  2. Mike Manley11:52 AM

    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.

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  3. Kevin Langley9:57 AM

    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!

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  4. Mike Manley2:56 PM

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  5. John S.11:16 AM

    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.

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  6. Mike Manley12:00 PM

    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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