{"id":795,"date":"2011-11-04T13:37:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/?p=795"},"modified":"2011-11-04T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T14:05:26","slug":"unknowns-production-blog-tools-of-the-trade-and-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaeleregina.com\/blog\/unknowns-production-blog-tools-of-the-trade-and-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Unknowns Production Blog – Tools of the Trade and Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Man it is nice to be back to business on The Unknowns.\u00a0 It’s been a pretty business month of October.\u00a0 I decided to take part in Inktober and created my Pumpkin-Saurus story which was a lot of fun and helped me hone down to a\u00a0more controled inking\u00a0approach.\u00a0 But yesterday I got back to inking\u00a0on my graphic novel\u00a0and now things are in full swing.\u00a0 I missed the porject.\u00a0 I figured with this post I would take a moment and talk about what tools I am using to make this book.\u00a0 For inking I have pretty much started using four main tools.\u00a0 Here they be:\u00a0<\/p>\n

MICRONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"I use two Microns in particular.\u00a0 A size 05 and a size 02.\u00a0 The 05 has become my favorite for this book.\u00a0 It gives me a pretty thick line and also helps me keep the economy of my line order.\u00a0 \u00a0I use Microns in a way where I’m trying to mimic a brush look at\u00a0 times in that I \u00a0usually shape my lines, giving them a brush like look at times.\u00a0 These were exclusively the tools I used to make my first graphic novel, FROM DEATH TIL NOW. <\/a><\/p>\n

BRUSH PENS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wes Molebash <\/a>turned me on to some brush pens he has been using, in particular the Pentel pocket brush.\u00a0 I picked a few of them up and have loved them!\u00a0 The second one there is my personal favorite.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0 smaller brush so I can get plenty of tight line work in and go thicker if needed.\u00a0 They have refillable\u00a0 ink catridges, but I actually ran out of ink and hve been using them like a normal dip brush.\u00a0 It works great and you don’t have to clean them after use which is great too if you keep the cap on them.\u00a0 You can buy these through JETPENS.<\/a><\/p>\n

As far as paper goes, I use the heaviest card stock I can use to run througha printer.\u00a0 I may have to do a tutorial on how I pencil and set up my inks.\u00a0 I work quite small at 7×10.5 inches on 8.5×11 paper.\u00a0 It works really well for me and helps keep costs down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also I wanted to give you all a peek at the second main character in the story.\u00a0 His name is Todd Frederick and he is Chloe’s partner as they go deep into the mystery that is surrounding their city.\u00a0 I wish there was an exhibit like this is real life.
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Man it is nice to be back to business on The Unknowns.\u00a0 It’s been a pretty business month of October.\u00a0 I decided to take part in Inktober and created my Pumpkin-Saurus story which was a lot of fun and helped me hone down to a\u00a0more controled inking\u00a0approach.\u00a0 But yesterday I got back to inking\u00a0on my 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