Playing with techniques

The drawing i used is something i did for halloween. I wanted to play with line weights as i am in the process of learning American comic book style. I think i have a long way to go or i need to change my style altogether.

Here's the original line art. (above) I like inking on the computer as much as i do with pens, but I feel that digitally i have more control over what I am doing.

With traditional media I can play with the line weight more but i like to use it to create a more cartoon like image because the lines are inevitably thick which is something i don't personally like in general, but i think that is from the japanese influence my style has. I find that if i'm going to do the line art with traditional media, i tend to prefer to colour it with traditional media.

With digital media, for one i have more control, but also i can make the lines very fine but also i can take advantage of the correction setting i've found on the photoshop freehand pen tool and in various other programs to create a smoother line. The only issue with digital inking is the possible pixelation. Also with a good quality inking and a good printer it is possible to print really nice line-work to colour traditionally, but i prefer to colour my digital lines with a digital media.

But i have experimented with line weight digtally and I personally don't like it very much, well so far anyway.

I stopped with the line weight because i really didn't like it. Without the line weight my drawing looked cleaner, which i prefer by far. By adding a slight line weight i feel that the drawing is messy and for it to look decent i would have to ad a lot of black which wouldn't really work in this because i have a lot of detail.