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        | Paul Wills Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Very nice pages, Eric! Nice detail.
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 |  For some reason, my inked page (above) came out a tad blurry. I don't know how you're keeping your pages sharp upon reduction. 
 When I'm inking, I like to add subtle embellishments (Storm's arm, monster's face) and I wonder if the pencilller encourages or frowns on that. I'm wanting to do more but don't want to overstep. | 
       
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        | Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 09 December 2019 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | 2 | post reply |  
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 |  Paul, 
 Up until today I was just taking a photo of my pages and "fixing" the image distortion in Photoshop. When I was finished I would reduce the image down to 72dpi and a width of 600 pixels so that it could be posted. I don't know why you are getting burred images. 
 Today I finally picked up a scanner so this should make for better images. Here is a test with my new scanner on a panel I just finished. 
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        | Paul Wills Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Yes, Eric - that is very clear. Still using Le Pen? That's all I use now.
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 |  I am going to test a smaller panel to see if it shows up better! 
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        | Matt Hawes Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Paul,  the images you posted look fine, but if you use Photoshop, I suggest using the "Hue/Saturation" to remove the blue lines, after inking the pencils.
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        | Paul Wills Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Thanks, Matt. Yes, I should have thought of that - I was trying to remove the darker blue lines by erasing them - your idea is much better! (I use Paint Shop Pro - very similar to Photoshop).
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        | Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Paul, I am still using the Le Pens for my technical lines, but the majority of my work is with a crow quill now. I use a Hunt 102 and Kuretaki Maru nibs.
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        | Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 11 December 2019 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | 7 | post reply |  
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 |  Issue 7 page 4. 
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        | Mark McKay Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 12 December 2019 at 9:14pm | IP Logged | 10 | post reply |  
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 |  Mark and I should have this issue knocked out in a couple weeks. =) 
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           | Posted: 12 December 2019 at 9:25pm | IP Logged | 11 | post reply |  
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 |  A bit more detail on these panels. 
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           | Posted: 23 December 2019 at 7:13pm | IP Logged | 12 | post reply |  
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 |  This guy is having a very bad day. First panel I did after getting back in town. 
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