Umo and Toro Sleeping, colored on the Cintiq!

A couple of days ago I finally got my Cintiq in the mail. In case you don't know, a Cintiq is a graphics tablet that is basically a monitor on which you can draw directly. It feels almost as natural as using natural media right on paper --but the work is faster, much less tiresome on the wrist, and the results are awesome!

Below you can see an animated slideshow showing the progress of the second drawing I colored, from rough draft, to clean sketch, to crisp, textured pencil line art (all real pencil-and-paper to this point) and finally to full-color version as I painted it on my Cintiq:

UMO AND TORO SLEEPING

Click here to see a bigger version

on my deviantART account.

Toro and Umo are characters from my webcomic Paleo, which you can read here. It's been on hiatus for some time now, unfortunately, as I am too busy with other projects.

I added a paper texture to the final image on top of what texture was left from the real paper I drew the line art on. You can better notice this on the larger version on my dA account. I think it looks pretty close to the "real" thing (meaning, traditional artwork.) The Cintiq was a HUGE, budget-destroying expense for me, but I am happy I bought it. It will eventually pay for itself.

Here is the brand new Macbook Pro together with the Cintiq:

 

(I've been watching a lot of Daria lately!)

That is all for now. I have an updated map of Meganeea to upload but frankly I am too entertained with this new shiny piece of equipment. I also really need to do a book-related post soon, agh...

Wow, it's past 3:00am. Time for bed!

Have a happy, creative weekend, everyone!

-Marina