Skip to main content
All Posts By

Mike Deas

Dalen and Gole Webcomic: The Process

By Uncategorized

Below I describe the process I use creating the weekly web-comic on dalenandgole.com!
DalenAndGole_WebComicProcess1

I start by roughing out the comic in blue using a Col-Erase pencil. I sometimes do a really rough thumbnail sketch before I launch into this stage.

DalenAndGole_WebComicProcess2Next I ink the comic using a Number 2 Winsor & Newton series 7 sable brush and Speedball India Ink.

DalenAndGole_WebComicProcess3Then I scan the comic into the computer and remove the blue pencil lines from the image leaving just the black lines. On a Wacom screen I color in flat colors before shading.

DalenAndGole_WebComicProcess4On top of the flat colors I paint in shading. Then I overlay watercolor washes to add some texture leaving me with the final result:

DalenAndGole_WebComicProcess5

More comics can be read at dalenandgole.com!

Fuel!

By Illustration, Illustration Friday

This is from Dalen and Gole- Scandal in Port Angus which is written and illustrated by myself and has recently hit the shelves. Fits with Illustrations Fridays theme “fuel”;) Enjoy!
Fuel_dalenandgole1Fuel_dalenandgole2Fuel_dalenandgole3