Loading ...By far, my preferred medium when it comes to creating editorial cartoons is, and has always been ink, real ink, the kind that comes in liquid form. However, digital ink offers a flexibility not available in traditional inking techniques.
Have I abandoned liquid ink? No, not at all; but I have decided to take digital ink to production.
With the launch of LeRoy Ink, I will offer digital editorial cartoons produced entirely with what I like to call ‘Digital Ink.’
No paper, no ink pens, not pencils, no roughs scanned and traced, absolutely no paper. Everything produced will be created with a digital tablet and software such as Flash, Photo Shop and Illustrator. I may however, feature an ink drawing for comparison purposes only.
I’ll be using a simple Wacom tablet - the cheapest available, a Wacom Graphire that was purchased at Future Shop for about $50.00. Although more expensive tablets are available, I’m quite happy with the least expensive option…. for now. (The small drawing surface takes lots of getting used to. I haven’t.)
