Pained Brain Studio

Page 1, Panel 1

by PainedBrain on May.25, 2009, under Works In Progress

Comic Page 1 Panel 1

I have finally done some actual work on the comic that wasn’t “prep”.  Here is a sneak peak at page 1, panel 1. Tip for aspiring comic creators, don’t make the first panel you draw a big detailed establishing shot that’s going to take forever to ink.

It still needs color as I plan on doing a full color comic, and some of my inking decisions were based on that fact, for example the trees in the background will be more numerous but the furthest ones will just be light shades of gray and won’t actually get ink lines.

I struggled with the tree. The sun is right behind it and I’m not really satisfied with how I inked it, but I need to move on, I’ve spent enough time on this panel and want to get the rest of the page done!

Update: To answer the question below, the “ink” in this instance is digital ink.  I am completely digital at this point doing both my rough drawings to final inks completely inside Photoshop.

An update to the update I previously updated: I fixed the ground shadow of the tree and did some work to ground the trees in the background, sorry for getting rid of the older version of the image, but I was rushing a bit. To those who saw it, lucky you.

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2 comments to “Page 1, Panel 1”

  1. William Eggngton

    very very well done my friend.

    The. . . trees in the background are almost a little distracting in their uniformity and similarity to fat men sitting on a hill with their legs out. . . but thats kind of their “charm” as well. I think they could be “grounded” a little better with the hint of grass blades/rocks etc. mussing up the line between their roots and the ground. . .

    So is this ink INK? Or photoshop ink?

  2. William Eggington

    Cool. I like the change. NEXT!

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