Over the years comic art has improved from black
and white drawings to detailed illustrations using many colours and
shades. Join Deadpool as he explains how modern comic book art is
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Before an artist can start drawing anything, they need to know what
they are going to draw. So, the writer of a comic usually gives the
artist an outline of the story for the comic. Only then can the artist
start their work. |
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The first part of the art is the pencils. This is where a comic artist
uses pencils to draw in the basic picture. The penciler also normally
marks in the areas of the drawing they want filled in black by the
inker. |
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When the penciler has finished drawing the comic, the artwork then
goes to the inker. The inker uses ink to go over the pencilled drawing,
making it more defined and filling black areas. An inker may also
add in extra background art. |
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Once the inking is done on the art a colourist then takes over. A
colourist first provides a colour guide on the art. This can be done
by hand, but is more commonly done using computer technology. |
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Finally, the colourist uses computer technology, with special software
that fills out the colours, adds shading and other snazzy effects.
The end result is what you see in modern day comics.
Thanks for joining us in Deadpool's Modern Art! |