The part about eyeballing figure adjustments on the road really hit home — there’s something both humbling and clarifying about being forced back to the pencil-and-eraser method. It slows you down and reminds you why the tools matter. The upside-down map for the Amazons was a perfect touch.
Love that you popped in to make this comment. I work pencil to ink all the time, but I've also gotten used to using my phone or the computer to flop the art and check for mistakes!
The flop check is a lifesaver — I flip layers constantly as I go, and it never fails to find something my eye just stopped seeing. There's something about the mirror image that resets your brain and suddenly the wonky elbow is unmissable. Old trick, new tools!
This is a great post. I love hearing your process (and memories of process gone by). I would never have noticed the lack of a rainbow if you hadn't mentioned it. 🌈
The part about eyeballing figure adjustments on the road really hit home — there’s something both humbling and clarifying about being forced back to the pencil-and-eraser method. It slows you down and reminds you why the tools matter. The upside-down map for the Amazons was a perfect touch.
Love that you popped in to make this comment. I work pencil to ink all the time, but I've also gotten used to using my phone or the computer to flop the art and check for mistakes!
The flop check is a lifesaver — I flip layers constantly as I go, and it never fails to find something my eye just stopped seeing. There's something about the mirror image that resets your brain and suddenly the wonky elbow is unmissable. Old trick, new tools!
Yeah, I used to run to the mirror, but now I just take a pic on my phone. The flop trick is magic!
This is a great post. I love hearing your process (and memories of process gone by). I would never have noticed the lack of a rainbow if you hadn't mentioned it. 🌈
Awww, thank you! The rainbow would have been a very nice touch, and greek myth enthusiasts would have understood it perfectly! But I goofed.
Always love seeing how the stuff I love is made. Can’t wait to learn what the Marvel thing is (I like both publishers but they’re more my thing.)
Thanks for allowing us a look behind the scenes.
I’m with Michael Zulli-
Fuck inking