Multiple Inking Styles over Dell'Otto tonal pencils of Spider-Man

I found this tonal pencil drawing of Spider-man by Gabriele Dell’otto along with seven variations of inking styles by:

• Andy Brase;
• Tony DeZuniga;
• Craig Hamilton;
• Geof Isherwood;
• Terry Moore;
• Josef Rubinstein; and
• Atula Siriwardane.

Awesome example of how comic book inkers are not “tracers” but true artists bringing their own unique style to the creative process.

Original Tonal Pencils by Gabriele Dell’ottoInks by Andy Brase

Inks by Tony DezunigaInks by Craig HamiltonInks by Geof IsherwoodInks by Terry MooreInks by Josef RubinsteinInks by Atula Siriwardane

Update on Thursday, April 8, 2010 by Kris Black

I decided to color Geof Isherwoods inks. I used Corel Painter 11 and my Wacom Intuos 3 6 x 11 tablet. I experimented with a warm light coming from the left and a cooler backlight from the lower right. I’m pleased with my first attempted at coloring a comic book illustration.

Colors by Kris Black over Inks by Geof Isherwood

Spider-man and Kitty Pride

I drew this for two (comic-loving) friends that got married this weekend. Adam is a HUGE fan of Kitty Pride from the X-men. If you are not familiar with her and her mutant ability the best way to sum it up is she can walk through walls.

Within the last year or so there was a Spider-man story that involve Peter Parker having a relationship with Kitty Pride. So I thought I would depict the two of them web swinging and Spidey gets a little too close to a building and Kitty Pride has to “phase” through it.

I used Faber-Castell PITT artist pens and brush markers to ink and shade over my blue-line penciling. And if you are wondering, my family and I did get them a proper gift to accompany this crummy little drawing I made.