Post 13: My Digital Method

This is my process for inking and coloring my drawings and comics using a computer, generally with adobe illustrator and photoshop.

First, I draw the image out on paper and scan it in

Then, I go over the lines in illustrator, tweaking them to get just the right angles and curves.

Once I've got that done, I'll copy it to photoshop and start coloring in the outlines. Sometimes I make a test coloring with the original scan, just to make sure it looks decent beforehand.

Thus, the end result is something that looks far more "official" then just a plain scan. (Don't worry, the final comic will look even better than this demo!)