It’s time to ink the drawings. I tape the blue pencil page
to the back of a 12 x18” sheet of Finch Fine 80 lb. cover and put it on the
light box. For speed, I ink the Marge strips with a series of Micron archival pens
and fill in the solid blacks with a Pentel brush pen.
This is the easiest part of the job. Inking only takes about
an hour to complete. Now, it’s on to the computer. I scan the page as line art
on a large format scanner, open it in Photoshop and do any clean up to the
lines. The Photoshop file is next placed in an Illustrator format for layout,
and work back and forth from Illustrator to Photoshop tinkering with the art
until I’m satisfied with the fit and all the elements are in the proper place.
I can change the size of individual panels if needed, move elements around or eliminate
details altogether. In this case, I may delete the cat in the last panel. He can
always come back in a later strip.
Tomorrow, it’s time to work on the lettering.
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