Tara and John
I've been thinking about how I draw Tara and John, and I always spend my time drawing it.
I draw with an HB pencil or some different ones on Strathmore 300 Series smooth Bristol board (and before May, Canson papier lisse Bristol board), letter in a Sharpie ultra fine point permanent maker, and ink with a Sharpie fine point permanent marker, with inking and lettering mistakes and accidents whited out.
I first start by spacing out the guidelines with a ruler for the lettering and then I write them in pencil. After the lettering is how I'd like the final to be, I darken them with my Sharpie ultra fine point.
Next I lightly sketch in the drawings being sure to leave room for the lettering.
Once the lettering is finished, I ink the drawings with my Sharpie fine point.
After the strip is drawn, written and inked, I scan it into my computer. I did the coloring in Photoshop and Microsoft Paint, as well as the touchups and corrections.
When the strip is ready to be released on the Web, I submitted it to deviantART, and then I released it on this website through Photobucket and at my T&J comic website.
I may be one of a very few online cartoonists that draw a webcomic the same way as most newspaper cartoonists do. Don't get me wrong, I love being able to work on Tara and John as a teenage cartoonist, though sometimes I was frustrated.
-Nate Spidgewood
I draw with an HB pencil or some different ones on Strathmore 300 Series smooth Bristol board (and before May, Canson papier lisse Bristol board), letter in a Sharpie ultra fine point permanent maker, and ink with a Sharpie fine point permanent marker, with inking and lettering mistakes and accidents whited out.
I first start by spacing out the guidelines with a ruler for the lettering and then I write them in pencil. After the lettering is how I'd like the final to be, I darken them with my Sharpie ultra fine point.
Next I lightly sketch in the drawings being sure to leave room for the lettering.
Once the lettering is finished, I ink the drawings with my Sharpie fine point.
After the strip is drawn, written and inked, I scan it into my computer. I did the coloring in Photoshop and Microsoft Paint, as well as the touchups and corrections.
When the strip is ready to be released on the Web, I submitted it to deviantART, and then I released it on this website through Photobucket and at my T&J comic website.
I may be one of a very few online cartoonists that draw a webcomic the same way as most newspaper cartoonists do. Don't get me wrong, I love being able to work on Tara and John as a teenage cartoonist, though sometimes I was frustrated.
-Nate Spidgewood
