Kidnemo draws a pirate

**Kidnemo** · 05 Feb 2007, 12:07 PM

Some of you might remember the battles I've had with the ole wacom tablet in the past. For the last couple years I've messed around occasionally with my tablet, ultimately deciding that tablets just weren't my thing.

Well, in the last month or so I've really tried to get the best of this abomination. I've practiced a ton, as well as made a few www.comet7.com comics with it last week.

So anyway, I feel I'm finally getting the hang of it. I've still got a long way to go, but atleast I'm making progress.

Each day this week I'm putting up a work in progress of this pirate sketch I'm working on. The entire thing has been done 100% with the tablet and photoshop. No paper, pens, scanners, or mouses were used.

So here are the first two WIP shots:

Day one: rough sketch

Day two: cleaning up details/sorting the line art

Day three: digitally "inked" everything using the tablet and photoshop - also added fat black outline around the outside

Day four: layed down the base colors

Day five: started fleshing out the coloring with shadows/highlights/etc

Day six: colors done

Day seven: full piece all done for now

Lemme know what you think and I'll post up the rest as I continue.

**Advocate** · 05 Feb 2007, 01:29 PM

That's awesome.

**Rumpy** · 05 Feb 2007, 02:34 PM

Reminds me of Pepper Ann.

**Frito** · 05 Feb 2007, 03:19 PM

Needs more scurvy. And parrots.

It IS cool, though.

**Dyne** · 05 Feb 2007, 05:23 PM

is that a really skinny hot dog in his hand?

**Frito** · 05 Feb 2007, 05:30 PM

Looks more like a Fruit Roll-Up.

**ChaoofNee** · 05 Feb 2007, 05:48 PM

How the hell do you do that with a tablet? Everything I do with that gets all wavy and weird.

**Kidnemo** · 05 Feb 2007, 09:05 PM

It's a pirate map you dirty land lubbers!

Chaoo - Lots of practice. I still don't have very good control with the tablet and I have a feeling my final ink work is gonna still be pretty "wavy and weird" haha. We shall see how I fair when I get to that point.