Inking Jimmy...again

Ok, my first drawings most of the lines a little too thick and the ones in the previous post perhaps weren't thick enough. I decided to imitate one drawing that has already been inked so I could get a better idea and that's the result. The original one has some better decissions like making the arms more separate to the body (wider arms) and the cheek on our right looked better, among other things, but I'd try to apply this thicker lines outside with thinner things inside in my next attempts.

Here is the original. Incidentally I inked the pencil drawing, of course. I just took a look to the inked one while doing it. I made the smile line thicker cause John said it was thicker in the original.

Inking scribbles

This time I inked some of the scribbles John has just posted in his blog. I don't know if we're supossed to ink those, since I guess they should be cleaned up before, or at least some of them should. I actually had more fun with this cause it was not perfectly drawn already and there was some room for interpretation. Also this one in particular I though it was a very, very funny drawing. I didn't make it on separate layers, but now I'm just trying to get better lines. I just realized George's eyebrows are frowned in the original sketch. It was a little hard to guess.


Here is another scribble I just inked, I made each character in separate layers, but I guess I should also separate head from bodies if this was a serious attempt. Maybe Sody should wear earings too? Lines in Sody's shape could be a little thicker to be closer to George's ones.

Another Slab and Ernie

Third attempt: Jimmy

Second attempt at digital inking

Again the prop was kinda more difficult than the character itself ,which was quite difficult too, but I can't manage to draw straight lines that are not really perfectly straight, using the tablet and the brush tool.

I didn't make this one in layers, but I'm trying to get the lines right first. Most of the lines are a little too thick, I will try to accentuate the differences in the next one. I now realize he has one toe too many in one of the feet.

Attempt at digital inking

Ok, this is my first serious attempt at digital inking and the very first in Illustrator so it is being quite hard. I put a lot of effort in the character faces but very little effort in the rest. I draw the chairs really fast this time. I used both Illustrator and Photoshop, since I still don't know how to do certain things in Illustrator. I hope that's not a problem. I shouldn't have drawn that line under...I believe he's Slab. Never quite learnt who is who yet.Now I realize I maybe made some of the lines thinner when I filled the blanks in Photoshop in the illustration bellow. I still don't know how to use the colouring in illustrator, I get some odd effects. I filled the blanks in Photoshop so I could show the finished drawing and not the layers. But maybe I should have change the order of some layers? We should see the table under Ernie's hands...

Inking Jim Smith

Here George should wear a sleeping hat instead of a fez, I just forgot it cause that's the first one I drew.