Creating Comics!

Title: Arcadia Jones

Client: Self-published

Medium: pencils, inks, Illustrator, Photoshop

Next, in Photoshop, I enlarge the rough to a

10” x 15” (25.4 x 38.1 cm) image area (standard

for American comics), increase the lightness

until the image is very faint (normally about 70

percent), and print this out on 11” x 17” (27.9 x

43.2 cm) Strathmore 300 series Bristol board.

This saves a lot of time traditionally spent trac-

ing the drawing onto the board.

To ink, I first use a marker or ruling pen to

trace the panel borders. For almost everything

else I use a Winsor & Newton Series 7 #3 or

#4 round brush with Higgins Black Magic Ink.

When I’m done inking, ...