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Wilson Mui
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Nice stuff everyone.
Ryan, every time I see Chris G's sketches I have this urge to erase the blue lines.
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Ryan Maxwell
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You aren't the only one!
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Sebastien Roy
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Ditto...I got a convention sketch from him back at NYCC this past February and it bugged the heck out of me to see all those lines...I find it takes away from the drawing so much...
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Ryan Maxwell
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| Posted: 22 October 2009 at 10:16am | IP Logged | 4
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The Cap piece I bought for my son is crayon colored, so it blends right in. I love visible pencil lines, but the thought still creeps in once in a while with the heavier lines he puts in.
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Wilson Mui
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| Posted: 22 October 2009 at 11:01am | IP Logged | 5
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I'm probably going to get some flak for saying this, but why don't you just buy an eraser from an art supply store and remove the lines? Artists usually remove their pencils.
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Dave Aikins
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| Posted: 22 October 2009 at 11:17am | IP Logged | 6
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One thing that you have to be careful of, is that ink/marker can sometimes
lay over blue pencil differently then it lays over paper. So, erasing the blue
lines can sometimes cause the ink to be slightly erased as well.
Plus, some blue pencils don't erase that well.
So be gentle and proceed with caution!
(and yes, I tend to erase a bit here and there myself when it really bugs
me...)
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Ryan Maxwell
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| Posted: 22 October 2009 at 11:24am | IP Logged | 7
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Nah, I'd never alter the art in any way.
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Jason Mark Hickok
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I could never see myself trying to alter or "fix" any piece of art I bought. Seems pretty risky of ruining the piece as a whole.
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Wilson Mui
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That's a good point, Dave. I would only erase the blue lines on the white areas where they're prominent.
The blue pencil is used because it doesn't show up in the printing process of a comic book, right? Any particular reason why some artists use it on convention sketches?
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Wilson Mui
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I bought a couple of Doom Patrol covers by JB where he had filled in some of the black areas on his computer instead of on the original artwork. I thought about getting a black marker and coloring it myself. (Fortunately, JB was kind enough to do it for me.)
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Dave Aikins
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| Posted: 22 October 2009 at 2:27pm | IP Logged | 11
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Wilson- The blue, in theory, doesn't show up when xeroxed or (depending how you do it) when scanned. Why some artists use it is up to the artists' taste. I rarely use them myself, and I'm not so sure why artists use them on con sketches, or any form of original art that is sold on a secondary market (like comic art).Some artists, like Sean Philips or Duncan Fegrado, have been using blue marker as their rough drawing (or they print out their enlarged thumbnails in blue) and then ink over that. While it might work for the commercial use of the art, I personally find it distracting when considering buying the original.Here's an example..
As for fixing art, it's really not a high priority to me in life (I'm too busy fixing my own art to worry about others"), or something that I'd recommend to anyone to do without consulting a professional, like myself (so give me that eraser!!!) :)
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Brad Brickley
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The pencil or blue lines just add to the art to me, it's all part of the process. Not a problem to me. Like layers on a painting.
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