Drew some Battle Badger doodles in CSP, printed them out and using a fresh piece of paper I ink over them with a real brush pen on a lightbox. Using real ink is very satisfying
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It’s very meditative, although I’ll ink digitally too sometimes as it also has it’s own feel and I’m not against it, especially with animation, but I still prefer ink with illustrations and comics, even in this modern era
I like this method too sometimes, especially if you are struggling with a complex composition and it’s way easier to move, edit and resize your drawings digitally, but I still missed my original art and inks, so just printing them out and using a lightbox to ink over them.
I feel that technique seems to give me the best of both worlds of working traditionally and digitally especially for comics as I’m always editing panel sequences
When I write comic ideas I also like just using paper or an actual typewriter recently as it forces/ helps me focus, but then if I need to refine it I can literally just use my iPad to scan the text and it coverts it into a text document instantly, so I can still edit digitally if I need to
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Go completely old-school. Use a real pencil, too!
And same! It just hits different but also good for the days ya wanna avoid looking at a screen for hours upon hours lol