Comments on: Ditch the Draft http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/11/19/ditch-the-draft/ Helping to turn a drawing hobby into a cartooning profession Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: clangnuts http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/11/19/ditch-the-draft/#comment-385 clangnuts Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:09:45 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/11/19/ditch-the-draft/#comment-385 I remember seeing (I think) Ralph Steadman on TV, showing how he does his cartoons. He insisted that he NEVER did a draft drawing. All his artwork was done with a dip pen, straight onto the paper. Amazing considering how detailed his cartoons are! Currently I do both. For some drawings, it's straight onto paper - but for the detailed drawings I use a rough pencil line first. I try to do the pencil line as rough as possible, sometimes just basic outlines so I can work out where everything will go. Then I can concentrate on the detail in ink. Doing a detailed pencil drawing, and then inking it in, means you're doing the drawing twice - which is quite boring. I've got a small tablet - but I've found it very difficult to use. I'm not sure if this is because it's the A6 version - but I just cannot replicate my style of drawing with it. Drawing directly on the computer is totally alien for me. Maybe I'm just used to ink and paper too much. I remember seeing (I think) Ralph Steadman on TV, showing how he does his cartoons. He insisted that he NEVER did a draft drawing. All his artwork was done with a dip pen, straight onto the paper. Amazing considering how detailed his cartoons are!

Currently I do both. For some drawings, it’s straight onto paper - but for the detailed drawings I use a rough pencil line first.

I try to do the pencil line as rough as possible, sometimes just basic outlines so I can work out where everything will go. Then I can concentrate on the detail in ink.

Doing a detailed pencil drawing, and then inking it in, means you’re doing the drawing twice - which is quite boring.

I’ve got a small tablet - but I’ve found it very difficult to use. I’m not sure if this is because it’s the A6 version - but I just cannot replicate my style of drawing with it. Drawing directly on the computer is totally alien for me. Maybe I’m just used to ink and paper too much.

]]> By: EmptyEasel http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/11/19/ditch-the-draft/#comment-362 EmptyEasel Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:50:16 +0000 http://www.chewingpencils.com/2006/11/19/ditch-the-draft/#comment-362 This tip is so true. . . And the timing is perfect for me. I did my first weekly comic strip last Saturday and had trouble finalizing a clean large version to scan because I kept liking the original thumbnail sketches better! From now on I think I'll be sketching one large draft and finish it the computer like you suggest. If nothing else, it'll take fewer hours to finish. This tip is so true. . . And the timing is perfect for me.

I did my first weekly comic strip last Saturday and had trouble finalizing a clean large version to scan because I kept liking the original thumbnail sketches better!

From now on I think I’ll be sketching one large draft and finish it the computer like you suggest. If nothing else, it’ll take fewer hours to finish.

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