Dalen and Gole Webcomic: The Process

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

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.

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

Then 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.

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

More comics can be read at dalenandgole.com!