Materials/Tools for Traditional & Digital Art

Materials/Tools for Traditional & Digital Art

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This article is basically about my favourite tools i have used over the years & some i still use. From my experiences in life so far when i started out at the age of 4 as a traditional artist,then as an architectural illustrator & now 2D-3D generalist. If you are an architect,interior designer, graphic designer, computer scientist, art enthusiast or newbie to the world of art this blog post is for you. These materials and tools are listed below with pictures. I hope it proves useful in your artistic journey.

Traditional Materials/Tools

Rotring Mechanical/Clutch Pencils 0.5/2.0 HB thickness & a eraser stub of the same manufacturer

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  This duo are favourite tools of mine for sketching & making quick doodles on paper. Saves time with no need for sharpeners only refills. An eraser comes in handy always so must be in your artistic arsenal.

Rotring Pen & Sakura Micron Pen

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 These pens usually in their set of varying pen nib diameters for different line lengths, thickness & overall appearance. Great tools for giving your depth & boldness in visible inks. Rotring is German brand widely used in the art,architectural & engineering fields. Sakura is a Japanese brand whose pens are excellent for comic illustration & line art available on amazon.

ClipBoard A4 Size

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Clipboards come in both A4 and A3 sizes. Handy, portable & a must have art material to keep up with your doodling ideas.

Coloured Pencils and Pastels

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Coloured pencils and pastels are also great for learning colouring techniques and shading styles. Recommended brands are Staedler, Reeves and Derwent. To get the best of both worlds i recommend Pastel Pencils as well.

Nataraj Eraser, Nataraj Sharpener, Staedler Mars Lead Pointer and Rotring Tikky Eraser

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Mechanoid - Rapid Concept Art

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Rapid concept art is an interesting style  i have been wanting to try out for over a year i finally got to round to complete this Mechanoid character design. I hope to get better soon with more practice. Check the tutorial i used for inspiration (click here).These are the visual processes in pictures below.

Mechanoid - Black Silhouette

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Mechanoid - GrayScale Silhouette

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Tips/Tools for Lettering and Creating Comics

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Essential Tips Before Embarking on the Creative Journey to Making an Awesome Comic Franchise

Tip1:
If you are to create a successful comic franchise. It's good you have a team of people to work with. So find like minds of your peers to build a comic from scratch.

Essential Team Members

1.  *Editor/Comic Script Writer(s)  
2. *Penciller(s) 
3. *Inking Artist(s)  
4. *Colourist(s) 
5. *Comic Book Cover Artist(s)  
6. *Letterer(s)  
7. *Graphic Designer(s)  that composes the final print layout.

Very important: It is a good thing if all team members can draw in case of emergency to fill in the gaps.

Tip 2:
Recommended Software Packages: Adobe Illustrator,Photoshop,InDesign & CorelDraw.

Tip 3:
Learn how to draw well to an extent is a must. Graphics Design knowledge & Print Layout Composition is necessary in the final comic book design

Tip 4:
Research the internet,no one here can really answer you with all the solutions like Google,make it your best "FRIEND".