thegaystarfish fanart!

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

You guys! You guyyyyys. Check out quimvaa's fanart she did for Book Two, which you can see here (the third picture in the post). Frank/Gerard, safe for work.

It is amazing! She has the coolest style ever! I CAN'T STOP STARING AT THEIR HANDS. Anyway, go check it out! Ahhh, seriously, I am so happy, fanart is so A+ awesome. ♥




(status update: last chapter is penciled but inking is taking forever. SOMEONE COME HELP ME INK. :|)

Comments

[xhearrt.livejournal.com]

Yay. :) Can't wait to see it. ♥

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

Sooooon! :)

[xhearrt.livejournal.com]

How long can inking take up to, typically? I don't believe I'm too familiar with that... I just stick to the basics: pen, pencil and my art program to clean up. :P

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

It really depends on the page! Some of the pages where there's not a lot going on I can do in a snap, but most of them take a while, mostly because I am really slow. And also because I'm usually half-watching a movie or TV at the time, haha. But just to ink them, it usually takes over an hour for each page, maybe hour and a half. I have to pencil it, then I ink, then I erase everything, then I blacken in their hair twice, then I ink again and darken the panel borders. So if it's a 16 page chapter, that's around 24 hours of drawing time. Vaguely.

Of course, again, some take a lot less than that! Haha. It's mostly why the drawings have gotten a lot simpler on some of the pages, just to save time. And because I am lazy. /o\

[xhearrt.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww! :( But it's always worth it in the end. Sorry for the endless barrage of questions, but when you ink...is it just pen, or like sumi or I'm shutting up now? :P

I wish I could help, but alas, I have too much on my plate with university.

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

Haha, it's not a problem! I love drawing the comic, so it's not a big deal, it just takes up a lot of time and when RL is crazy it's hard to get back into the comic ~headspace. But it's fun, and I really love doing it.

I love hearing what other artists use! I think it is very interesting. I use either Micron drawing pens or Prismacolor pigment pens (depending what I can actually find that still has ink in it) for the characters and speech bubbles, and Faber-Castell brush pens for coloring in their hair and any shadows or whatever, and for darkening the panel borders.

I like using traditional india ink on my own time, when I'm painting or drawing, or whatever, but I find it a little unwieldy for something like this, especially since I'm drawing on regular computer paper so I don't have a lot of room to work on the tiny details with something like a brush. And it also takes a much longer time to do, even though it's really fun.

[xhearrt.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I kind of fail when it comes to being savvy with art supplies. My art teacher today was just like, "Yah, I have TWO DOZEN pencils at home. I can describe each one to you in detail - the difference...blahblahblah... Get familiar with your medium," and stuff like that. :x

I'm excited for future classes because we'll eventually move on to sumi/india ink. :D

[trudybooth.livejournal.com]

I can only help you if you want smudgy crummy inking.

So, you know, NO.

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, appreciated nonetheless!

[quimvaa.livejournal.com]

Oh dang. I can't wait for the last chapter! C:

Thank you! Glad you like it! <3

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

Dude, thank YOU! Totally made my day.

[mistersandbox.livejournal.com]

I saw! Ah, I love quimvaa!

_{Oh i hate inking so good luck with that.}

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

Amazing!

I always forget how long it takes, especially since I have to ink every page about two to three times. But it's going! I am excited to post it and wrap everything up. :)