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My good friend Peter H. Reynolds recently blogged about his favorite pen nib, which included a photo that inspired me to take a moment to document my work space. This is a wee corner of the messy room that my wife Loren and I share as our studio. I try to keep it reasonably neat. Right now I'm in the midst of planning out my next comic for ARGH!, which you can see here scattered about my drawing table.
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I'll be doing final pencils tomorrow night and on my way to inking in no time (no worries, Félix!). It's gonna be a fun one, with fire monsters! Here is my favorite pen nib, the Subway Stub. I use it for almost everything, except for fine line work. It rolls on the page nice and smooth, with a varying weight.
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And here's the assortment of other nibs I sometimes use (or have collected over time). The two compartments in the middle are all Subway Stubs. I've collected 50 or so.
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Anyway, hope you liked this brief tour of the old studio.
4 comments:
I like it very much!
i'm jealous of the ability with a pen. I can never make them dance right.
Well, I consider the fact that I use a nib as a bit of a crutch. Most comic artists can wield a brush...I've only gotten as far as a brush marker. I like the nib because it's easier for me to control, and offers just the right amount of line variation.
A lot of the stuff I do that looks brushy I accomplish in Flash. I really only hand ink my comics and large illustrations.
Hi Bob,
very nice to give us a view on your working place and on your working materials. Show us more!
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