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Post by henzINNIT on Feb 4, 2008 18:03:27 GMT -5
I guess an inker isn't always needed if the person who does the drawings inks them himself too which would explain why they're not always credited...
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Fireball
Common Vampire
Im fire, and I will burn you![Mo0:27]
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Post by Fireball on Feb 4, 2008 20:14:25 GMT -5
This is awesome news, although its goint to be tough waiting for ALL the TPBs to come out, ill have to start getting the single comics me thinks...
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numfar
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I do the Dance of Joy!
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Post by numfar on Feb 4, 2008 20:42:00 GMT -5
I could be way wrong, but I think the inker is the one who prepares the drawing for printing by providing the dark inked lines over the rough pencil sketches. (If you've ever seen "Chasing Amy, this is what Benny did that got him called a "tracer"). You've got it exactly right. Pencillers do the initial sketching/drawings and indicate where shading is to be. Sometimes this work is very rough, and other times it's quite detailed and near final quality. Inkers then ink the drawings, either with technical pens or brushes, (nowadays, on a coputers using a photo/paint program either drawing them in or using "vector" lines such as Illustrator uses). Inking is actually an extremely difficult job, as it requires a very steady hand, a very good eye for detail and a high degree of consistency in many cases. Also, the Inker must have a good working knowledge of the Penciller's style, so that he doesn't add what wasn't intended, or miss what should be there. Colorists then do their thing in any number of ways, from watercolors, to inks to digital coloring. Aside from just coloring inside the lines, colorists may be responsible for adding textures and effects like fog, haze, smoke, glows, flares, etc. Letterers then do the hand-lettering in the word balloons, which are generally drawn in by the Inker. Hand lettering is now less common, and more often lettering is added on the computer, even when everything else is done by hand. In some cases you get one-man super guys who can do it all from writing all the way through the finished product, and also some people do double-duty as penciller/inker or inker/colorist, especially now that computers can make it a bit simpler and help to speed up the process a bit. As far as crediting is concerned, pencillers almost always get art credit on the cover, whereas inkers and colorists don't always, but usually the inker will. -numfar
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airgirl
Initiative Soldier
Dark Moon
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Post by airgirl on Feb 5, 2008 7:31:51 GMT -5
Season 9 - wow! That is awesome
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alycat7
Wise-cracking Techno Genius
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Post by alycat7 on Feb 5, 2008 18:28:47 GMT -5
i dont think i can wait once a month anymore........i need more buffy
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worldwithoutshrimp
Innocent Bystander
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Post by worldwithoutshrimp on Feb 9, 2008 14:04:06 GMT -5
Thanks, somehow I missed this news! I'm glad I can look forward to many more issues of Buffy in the future.
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Post by buffysmglover on Feb 9, 2008 14:25:13 GMT -5
I could be way wrong, but I think the inker is the one who prepares the drawing for printing by providing the dark inked lines over the rough pencil sketches. (If you've ever seen "Chasing Amy, this is what Benny did that got him called a "tracer"). You've got it exactly right. Pencillers do the initial sketching/drawings and indicate where shading is to be. Sometimes this work is very rough, and other times it's quite detailed and near final quality. Inkers then ink the drawings, either with technical pens or brushes, (nowadays, on a coputers using a photo/paint program either drawing them in or using "vector" lines such as Illustrator uses). Inking is actually an extremely difficult job, as it requires a very steady hand, a very good eye for detail and a high degree of consistency in many cases. Also, the Inker must have a good working knowledge of the Penciller's style, so that he doesn't add what wasn't intended, or miss what should be there. Colorists then do their thing in any number of ways, from watercolors, to inks to digital coloring. Aside from just coloring inside the lines, colorists may be responsible for adding textures and effects like fog, haze, smoke, glows, flares, etc. Letterers then do the hand-lettering in the word balloons, which are generally drawn in by the Inker. Hand lettering is now less common, and more often lettering is added on the computer, even when everything else is done by hand. In some cases you get one-man super guys who can do it all from writing all the way through the finished product, and also some people do double-duty as penciller/inker or inker/colorist, especially now that computers can make it a bit simpler and help to speed up the process a bit. As far as crediting is concerned, pencillers almost always get art credit on the cover, whereas inkers and colorists don't always, but usually the inker will. -numfar How do you know all this?
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Post by spikeluv13 on Feb 12, 2008 2:07:04 GMT -5
i dont think i can wait once a month anymore........i need more buffy It's going to take so many years to get all these out...once a week was bad....once a month is torture!
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kershmuckit
Potential Slayer
The sound you get when you play golf with pudding
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Post by kershmuckit on Feb 12, 2008 17:56:54 GMT -5
and theres nothing we can do about it We can only hope the interest in the Buffy comic might spark some kind of interest from the guys with the money... Although the pessimist in me thinks this is all we have now. (But thank god we have something! ;D)
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