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<blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 486521" data-attributes="member: 6929">OK, here's how I ink: I have my pencils on the paper, I draw over them with fine-tip markers (and sometimes an ink brush), then erase the pencil. I've never actually tried inking on a separate page before. Further, when I scan and edit, the file I use is very large - two thousand pixels across and three thousand down, easily (scanned at 200dpi). Even then I find I have a little difficulty making out fine details from the original. The final product is severely shrunken to what you see at my site.This all adds up to me drawing the conclusion that my inking pencils transferred via computer would either be impossible, or would result in a distortion of the penciller's intent. However, I might take a crack at it anyway. (Oh, and there's no way you'd get physical pencils to me - I'm based in New Zealand, and I surmise the rest of you are not. Postage will eat all the time you have and then some, and I wouldn't trust it in the first place.)Don't rule me out just yet.Now, as to a related matter:Sidran, what art program are you using? I use <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target="_blank">The Gimp</a>, which is free and about as powerful as Photoshop. It's a little buggy, but I like it. However, colouring pencils is always nasty; they're very fuzzy, unlike inks. I tried it today on an unrelated matter and the results are... shall we say, mixed. (Oh, you'll want lots of RAM and hard drive space to run GIMP; it's a 'real' editor.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="s/LaSH, post: 486521, member: 6929"] OK, here's how I ink: I have my pencils on the paper, I draw over them with fine-tip markers (and sometimes an ink brush), then erase the pencil. I've never actually tried inking on a separate page before. Further, when I scan and edit, the file I use is very large - two thousand pixels across and three thousand down, easily (scanned at 200dpi). Even then I find I have a little difficulty making out fine details from the original. The final product is severely shrunken to what you see at my site. This all adds up to me drawing the conclusion that my inking pencils transferred via computer would either be impossible, or would result in a distortion of the penciller's intent. However, I might take a crack at it anyway. (Oh, and there's no way you'd get physical pencils to me - I'm based in New Zealand, and I surmise the rest of you are not. Postage will eat all the time you have and then some, and I wouldn't trust it in the first place.) Don't rule me out just yet. Now, as to a related matter: Sidran, what art program are you using? I use [URL=http://www.gimp.org]The Gimp[/URL], which is free and about as powerful as Photoshop. It's a little buggy, but I like it. However, colouring pencils is always nasty; they're very fuzzy, unlike inks. I tried it today on an unrelated matter and the results are... shall we say, mixed. (Oh, you'll want lots of RAM and hard drive space to run GIMP; it's a 'real' editor.) [/QUOTE]

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