What pen is used for drawing?

Before creating cartoons, we must first understand the basic tools necessary for creating cartoons. Because of the diverse styles of comics, there are also various tools for drawing. Here are just a few common basic drawing tools. When drawing cartoons, you need some special tools besides pencils and erasers. Such as base paper, point paper, ruler, scraper, copying table, etc. Here are some details of these tools:

Pencil:

Mainly used for drafting, mechanical pencil is generally better. You can choose refills with different hardness according to your personal habits. You can also use wooden pencils, such as "Zhonghua" brand, and generally use HB or hard H pen.

Rubber:

Used to erase pencil lines or do special effects on dotted paper. Be sure to use a drawing board that doesn't wrinkle and fluff the paper easily.

Ruler:

Cartoon drawing generally requires three rulers: ruler, triangle ruler and cloud ruler. Rulers are generally used to draw borders and straight lines, followed by triangular rulers to draw parallel lines and right angles, and cloud rulers to draw curves. When buying a ruler, be careful not to buy a right-angled ruler, but to buy an inclined ruler.

Ink:

Where all black is needed, painting with ink is darker and more beautiful than painting with black ink. When drawing black, you should start from the outside, carefully draw the outline along the outline of the painting, and be careful not to go out of bounds. Then, fill the pen with ink and fill the middle part.

Duck-billed pen:

Used to draw a straight line in an ink draft. Draw a straight line with neat edges and uniform thickness. When in use, the duckbill pen can't be dipped in ink directly, but it should be dipped in ink with a dipping pen or a writing brush, and then dripped from the gap of the duckbill pen, and the thickness of the drawn line segment is determined by adjusting the screw at the front end of the pen. When drawing a straight line, the pen is perpendicular to the paper, and the horizontal cable is pulled evenly, not too fast, so as to draw a uniform straight line.

Mike pen:

It is often used to draw large areas of black or special effects, and can also be used to draw thin lines. Sometimes you can also use colored pens to color the manuscript, which is different from the traditional style manuscript and more avant-garde. Its effect is just like the renderings, and the strokes are obvious, which is not easy for beginners to draw well. There are two kinds of pens: oily and water-based.

Black ink:

Black ink works well when drawing lines, and it dries faster than ink, and it is not easy to be dissolved by water after drying. In addition, black advertising color can also be used to paint black. The advantage is that the black advertising color will not reflect light, and it has a dark feeling, which is convenient for computer scanning. When using, it is forbidden to adjust too much or too little water.

Correct white (white):

Used to decorate the wrong and dirty parts, white can make the picture gorgeous and changeable. The white color of the poster is commonly used. When using, pay attention to adjust the concentration. Different concentrations will have different effects. When drawing white or small white dots on the dot paper, dip it in thick white. In addition, drawing light white in the highlights of hair, eyes and clothes can better reflect its texture and three-dimensional sense, and the picture is more layered and aesthetic, while the flying white line drawn at will has the feeling of illumination, which plays the role of "finishing touch".

Writing paper:

Used for sketching. The requirements for paper should be that no matter how many times it is drawn and rubbed repeatedly, it will not lose hair, not be damaged, and the lines dipped in the strokes will not be dizzy. It is best to choose manuscript paper with high cotton content and smooth surface. Generally speaking, the papers commonly used by professional cartoonists are: special drawing paper for cartoons or drawing paper, watercolor paper, white cardboard and so on.

Point paper:

Used for gray tones or other special effects. There are many kinds of patterns on the dot paper, the most commonly used ones are "gray net" and "gradient net", and some "environment net" and "pattern net" can be used together. There are two kinds of dot paper: paper mesh and rubber mesh.

Art knife, pen knife and screen pressing knife:

Usually used for scraping the net, art knife is generally used for cutting the net, and pen knife is generally used for scraping the net. Skillful use of pen and knife is very important for cartoon making. In addition, due to the limited viscosity of dot paper, we also need to use a screen cutter to firmly stick dot paper to the manuscript paper. If there is no screen cutter, we can also use fingernails instead.

Brush:

You can paint a large area of color, or you can dip it in white to repair the painting. But the white brush must be used separately from other brushes, and the used brush must be cleaned.

Drawing pen:

Drawing pen is a very slender pen, which is often used to draw borders and lines with uniform thickness. The thickness of the drawing pen ranges from 0. 1mm to 2mm, but the commonly used size is 0.6mm to 0.8mm. Because the pen tip of the drawing pen is even in thickness, the drawn lines are not sharp, so it is not suitable for multiple purposes. Because the pen tip of the drawing pen is very thin, it is easy to block the pen tip when the ink is dry, so cover the pen cap in time after use. If the ink doesn't come out when you use it, you can flick it up and down or dip the pen tip in water, which is really bad. Can be soaked in clear water.

Dip pen:

It is used for inking, but there are many kinds of dip pens, and the thickness and shape of the nib are different. We can choose dipping pens with different thicknesses according to what we draw. G pen tip is very elastic, and can draw lines with different thicknesses according to the strength, especially the thick lines drawn are very smooth, which is most suitable for drawing outlines. The round nib is suitable for drawing very thin lines, but it can also draw thicker lines like the G nib if it is forced, and it can change freely. On the whole, it is thinner than the G pen, so some people only use it to draw details or backgrounds.

Copy desk:

Because the adhesive tape is divided into paper mesh and plastic mesh, especially the transparency of paper mesh is low, so it is necessary to use a copying table to increase the transparency of the mesh, so that it can be accurate when cutting and pasting the mesh. (LSMH finishing)

Selection of comic pigment

Watercolor painting

High transparency, when colors overlap, the colors behind will pass through. The color is not as bright as colored ink, but it is very dark, suitable for people who like quaint colors. It is not easy to change color even if it is stored for a long time.

Questions and answers on the use of watercolor painting tools

Q: What is opaque watercolor? How is it different from transparent watercolor?

A: The so-called opaque watercolor refers to gouache and poster color. Generally speaking, "watercolor pigment" refers to transparent watercolor.

As for the difference between the two, simply speaking, when painted on other colors, you can clearly see the following color, that is, transparent watercolor. What can hide the color below is opaque watercolor.

Q: How can I get good colors?

A: Orthodox styles are mixed on the palette. Maybe you think I'm talking nonsense, but the point is that you can refer to the arrangement of paint tubes in the watercolor box and arrange them in the order of warm color to cold color on the palette, just like the color ring. Because transparent watercolors can still be used after drying, you can easily decide the color when the colors on the palette are arranged. Another way is that transparent watercolors can be colored and mixed repeatedly on paper. The order of light color to bright color and then to dark color overlaps, and the effect is better.

Q: How to color, in order to correctly mix colors and draw a gradient?

Answer: Watercolor can have various changes because of the different amount of water added. You can add water to adjust the color before the color system is dried, or you can apply a lot of water to other colors to adjust the color. However, the feeling of color mixing will be different because of the influence of paper quality and water quantity. Even the most experienced people make mistakes occasionally. As for the feeling of drawing a gradient layer, you need to repeat the border coloring from thick color to light color bit by bit when the pigment is still dry. Because transparent watercolor uses "water" to adjust the color shadow, you can add water bit by bit to draw a light color. As for opaque watercolors, white pigments are used to adjust the depth, so it is necessary to add white pigments to the primary colors in advance to adjust the depth of different colors in the palette, and then color them in turn.

Q: How can I draw a large uniform background color?

A: To draw a plan with a large area like the sky, you must first adjust enough pigments. I'm afraid the color will be different if half the pigment is not enough. Then, in order to prevent the paint from being interrupted in the middle of painting, it is best to dip the paint in one breath with a soft watercolor pen. You can also spread a layer of water on the paper in advance. When coloring, you can stick the paper on the drawing board with paper tape, which makes it easier to spread the paper evenly if it is slightly inclined. If you don't want to leave brush strokes, you can use a sponge. A wet sponge can be painted evenly.

Q: What kinds of watercolor paper are there?

A: If you use paper with poor water absorption, it will be difficult to play an effective role in watercolor painting. In particular, transparent watercolor will see the color of paper, so we must carefully choose the color and material of paper. In order to fully express the characteristics of watercolor, the specially made paper is watercolor paper. Colors, there are protein colors and slightly white colors. As for the surface of paper, it ranges from smooth to fine lines.

Watercolor: The biggest advantage of watercolor is its cheapness. Of course, I'm talking about domestic brands. Marley brand watercolor pigment produced in Shanghai is an excellent one I have used so far, and the price of 16 color is definitely not more than 15 yuan. In our sample, you can find that watercolor is very good if used properly. I believe that friends who are cheap and good will use this. As for the use of watercolor, I think all my friends who have taken art classes in primary schools know that the key is proficiency. Of course, there are some things to pay attention to-prepare a small straw (if you can't buy it, ask the chemistry teacher for one), so that when you dilute the pigment with water, you won't confuse the two colors and keep the color pure; In addition, a great advantage of watercolor is that it can be rendered, so remember to use thicker paper (the original paper sold in the market is enough): because watercolor is a transparent pigment, that is to say, it can't be covered in case of mistakes, so you must be careful step by step. As for the usual coloring from shallow to deep, I don't think it is necessary to be influenced by stereotypes. From shallow to deep, there will be different effects. Give it a try. (LSMH finishing)

Gouache (poster color)

Also known as advertising color, it is an opaque watercolor pigment. Can be used for thick coloring, and uneven phenomenon will not appear when coloring in a large area. Although they all belong to opaque watercolor pigments, gouache is generally cheaper than propylene; But it is slightly inferior to propylene in coloring, color number and preservation. It should be used selectively according to different purposes.

Questions and answers on the use of pastel pigments

Q: What kind of pigment is famille rose? Is crayon also a kind of pastel?

A: Pastel is a rod-shaped color that is insoluble in water or oil and can be directly colored, or it can be cut into powder for coloring. It doesn't need a marker or a palette. As far as hardness is concerned, it can be divided into soft pastel and hard pastel. Hard pastels are almost made into four corners, and obvious lines can be drawn on the edges. Both are water-based. There is also oily pastel, and crayons belong to this kind of pastel. The feeling of painting is thicker than ordinary pastels.

Q: Pastel powder will lose paper when used for lust. How can I raise it?

Answer: When using soft pastels and hard pastels to make you horny, be sure to spray liquid protective glue. It is usually sprayed in cans, but there are also liquids in the form of water guns. When spraying, it should be twenty or thirty centimeters away from the picture and sprayed evenly on the picture. Some people don't like to use this protective glue because it will destroy the color of the work to some extent. But in order to protect the surface, it is better to use it moderately. Pastel is a kind of pigment that does not change color easily. As long as you are careful not to be directly exposed to the sun, it will not change in a few years.

Q: Sometimes the color looks dirty. How can I draw bright colors?

A: Pastels are easy to mix in the picture, but if the colors are mixed too much, the colors will look dirty. Because it is easy to mix with the color of the brush next door, be careful not to cause unnecessary color mixing. It is also a good method to spray protective glue while coloring.

Q: Then how can we draw the feeling of gradual change?

A: You can smudge the color beautifully by applying pastel on the paper with your fingers. Wipe with paper, cotton swabs, etc. It's all about details. Pastel soft brush is used for faint halo. Absorbent cotton, cotton paper and soft cloth are used for large-area gradient layer. If you want to improve the visual effect, you can also use a makeup brush. After soft pastel and hard pastel are colored, if you draw on them with a pen dipped in water, the color effect is the same as watercolor. As for oily pastels, you can draw them with a pen dipped in rosin oil.

Q: Can the painting be modified?

A: Both soft pastels and hard pastels can be cleaned with a sticky soft glue, and then they can be eliminated. In fact, at the end of the painting, it is also necessary to use a soft glue to express the bright part. As for the correction of oily famille rose, it is more troublesome. But everyone scraped off the color with a utility knife, revealing white paper. But doing so may hurt the newspaper.

Gouache: Gouache, a pigment, can be said to have the advantages of watercolor. It can be rendered like watercolor, or it can be thick coated to increase the texture, which is as cheap as watercolor. Because gouache has a strong hiding power, you don't need to use yellow lead like watercolor paint when you tick the line. Just use an ordinary pencil. Finally, when you are familiar with various coloring tools, don't forget to try to use them together. Just like practicing martial arts to the realm, what other nine swords are there, the sunflower collection, the eighteen palms of dragons ... all the envoys will come out. The same is true of drawing cartoons. A line drawing, marker, watercolor, gouache and colored lead can all be used together. For example, you can draw a watercolor sketch with crayons and marks, and there will be unexpected surprises. Anyway, it's right to think so-for your sketch, you have to do whatever it takes-it-(LSMH finishing)

Questions and answers about using colored dots

When is the best time to choose a color point? How to choose colored dots?

A: When you want a picture with uniform overall tone, it is the best choice to use color points that will not change color. When you want to draw an artistic and cheerful style like Suzuki's illustrations, or a clean feeling like the most cartoon celluloid movies, you should use colored dots. Because color dots have many colors. So buying color outlets is just like buying outlets. You must look at the color catalogue before you make a decision. In actual use, if it is not designed in advance, the picture may be chaotic.

How to paste a color net?

A: Put a point larger than the preset pasting range on the screen, and then cut off the part to be pasted with a art knife. If the adhesive is too strong to tear off, please use a solvent to tear it off. Wipe the solvent clean and don't let excess solvent remain on the screen. Then stick the color dots tightly on the picture. If it is not tightly attached, it may peel off after a long time. If the painting is white paint, even if there is only a little bit, the color dots can't be pasted beautifully. So-try to protect the smoothness of the picture. Write a manuscript thoroughly, and you must draw a line to the end. If there are too many pencil lines, the secant of the color point will be quite obvious.

Colored dots change color. What happened?

A: The natural enemies of color spots are powder rubbing and sweat oil on hands. Therefore, before painting, it is very important to brush the manuscript and remove all the rubbish. When sticking the net, you must put a piece of paper on the floor where your hand touches to prevent the sweat oil from touching the colored dots. (LSMH finishing)

Questions and answers on the use of colored pencils

Q: Can colored pencils mix colors?

A: Paper with rough surface, such as BB Kent paper, is relatively easy to fix the pigment, so when using that paper color, you can repeat several pigments of different colors. If you superimpose colors by line drawing, you can mix very fine colors. Oily pencils such as crayons can be mixed with solvents, and water-soluble markers can be mixed with water. If it is a water-soluble colored pencil, you can wet the pen and mix the colors from top to bottom.

Q: If you draw a gradient with a colored pencil?

A: Wipe the paint off the paper with a thin paper or a soft cloth with a little oil. With a light touch, you can gradually draw the color, which is very beautiful. If you use water-soluble markers, the method of drawing layers is the same as watercolor.

Q: How to use the watercolor pen?

A: A watercolor pencil is a painting tool that can draw lines like a pencil at the same time and has the same effect as watercolor. The method of use is quite simple, just like ordinary pencils. After painting, paint it with a pen dipped in water, and the color will melt. If the pen part of a colored pencil is directly dipped in water, it can draw very neat lines. You can freely color on the screen, which is the greatest charm of watercolor pens. However, when you draw colors on the screen with a pen filled with water, the colors will mix and produce unexpected effects. You can use it to have a look and feel the strange colors that happen by accident. Besides water, you can also use soapy water, and rosin water will also have a good effect.

Q: What other painting materials are compatible with colored pencils? How to use it? What's the effect?

Answer: After watercolor or colored ink painting, you can use colored pencils to make detailed changes, which can give the picture a subtle feeling.

Colored pencil: The biggest advantage is that you can use ordinary pencils at will and display strokes on the screen at the same time. It is strongly recommended that you can't leave a penny when buying colored pens. Ordinary domestic colored pencils have a fatal disadvantage-they can't be sharpened as sharp as those painted on the envelope. Can you listen to them before sharpening them? Quot the sound of snapping. Moreover, the hardness of domestic colored lead is generally too high, so the color is also very light, which is difficult to describe in depth. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to use water-soluble colored lead above 30 yuan (this is still the price of better domestic brands, and the imported ones are at least around 50 yuan), so that colored lead is easier to use. Next, let's talk about the usage of water-soluble colored lead: to fully reflect the characteristics of water-soluble colored lead, that is, to paint a colored lead manuscript as gorgeous and exquisite as watercolor painting, there are three methods: first, after painting with colored lead, add water to become watercolor painting; Second, after coated with colored lead, spray water with a sprayer; Third, first paint water on the drawing paper, and then draw it with a colored pen. (LSMH finishing)

Color ink

Colored ink (pigment)

This is a kind of pigment color ink which is different from the past color ink. Because of the use of acrylic raw materials, it feels closer to acrylic pigments. Because it is soluble in water, it is much more convenient to use. But the drying speed is faster than that of acrylic pigment, so we must pay attention to the speed when using it.

Colored ink (water-resistant)

The coloring effect is very bright. If dissolved in water, the effect is also very good. This feature can be flexibly used in background painting. However, the color ink has poor light resistance, and after a long time, sediment will appear in the color or it will easily change the color of the work. This is the biggest deficiency. Suitable for painting and printing manuscripts.

Colored ink (waterproof)

Color ink is a pigment with excellent transparency and chroma. It is not easy to change color when printing. If it is waterproof, it is not easy to penetrate when colors overlap, and it is suitable for correction and covering. But fewer colors are the biggest concern.

Questions and answers on the use of color ink

Q: What is the difference between acrylic pigment and watercolor and oil painting pigment?

Answer: Acrylic pigment can be used without anything, but it can also be used with water like watercolor, or mixed with some additives, so that it can be coated with a thick layer like oil painting, because this pigment dries faster than oil painting pigment. In other words, this divine pigment can show the feeling of watercolor and oil painting, and it is a very useful pigment. Moreover, after drying, this pigment is not only water resistant, but also has strong adhesion and toughness. Because of these advantages, acrylic pigments can be used not only on paper, but also on cloth, wood, stone, glass, metal and other materials.

Q: How to draw the feeling of oil painting with a shell cutter?

A: As long as the acrylic pigment is mixed with a high-viscosity spreading aid called GE-Medium, and then painted with an oil painting knife, the surface will have a concave-convex feeling like an oil painting.

Q: What is the effect of using adjuvants? What is plaster?

Answer: It can make the pigment look more shiny or reduce the luster of the pigment to increase its stability, and it can also produce crack effect. When acrylic pigments are used, gypsum is the primer. Cloth, fiberboard, corrugated board and cement should be painted with a layer of gypsum background before coloring. In this way, the pigment will not be affected by the color of the material itself, which is not only convenient to color, but also can fully express the color of the pigment. (LSMH finishing)

Mike pen

The convenience is superior, but the ink consumption is staggering. So I can hardly afford it. Even if you use a lighter color, the printing effect is better.

Questions and answers about the use of color markers

Q: What should I pay attention to when choosing a marker?

A: Mike pens are divided into water-based and oil-based. Do you know that?/You know what? Oil-based marker is quick-drying, waterproof and light-resistant. Water-based marker, bright blue and transparent. Also, if you use a pen dipped in water, the effect will be the same as watercolor. Some water-based markers will be waterproof after drying. When you want to buy a marker, you must understand the attributes of the marker and the feeling of painting. This drawing tool, the Mike pen, can be bought in stationery stores. You can draw by opening the lid, and all kinds of materials can be colored.

Q: There are many colors of the Mike pen. What color should I use at first?

A: Markers won't mix even if they are colored repeatedly, so it's best for beginners to have fifty colors. In fact, the Mike pen is originally a kind of painting material that expresses brush strokes. Not only the color, but also the shape of the pen, the shape of the flat coating and the size of the area can show different expressions. In order to express points, lines and surfaces freely, it is best to collect all kinds of marks. A Mike pen with two pens is quite easy to use.

Q: What paper should I draw on to make the color look more gorgeous?

You'd better draw on the special paper pad for the Mike pen. But if the picture is large, it can be painted on the tracing paper. Experts will copy the manuscript in a pad and then color it. In this way, even if the coloring fails, just make another copy and redraw it.

Q: If you color the photocopied manuscript, the ink lines will be blurred and the picture will look dirty. What are the good solutions?

Answer: You can use a Mike pen that won't stain the photocopying line, that is, an oily Mike pen of alcohol series.

Marker: It is a commonly used coloring tool. The colors are extremely detailed. Generally 120 color, oily and water-based. Oil is usually used to color glass, celluloid, etc. We usually use a water-based pen to color the base paper. A better marker (such as PANTONE brand marker) can also be combined with an air pump to form a fountain pen. Markers have many characteristics, such as transparency, softness and so on. You can see our sample manuscript. Markers will be more bright and shiny, more convenient and faster than watercolors and gouache. (LSMH finishing)

Questions and answers on the use of acrylic pigments

Q: What is the difference between acrylic pigment and watercolor and oil painting pigment?

Answer: Acrylic pigment can be used without anything, but it can also be used with water like watercolor, or mixed with some additives, so that it can be coated with a thick layer like oil painting, because this pigment dries faster than oil painting pigment. In other words, this divine pigment can show the feeling of watercolor and oil painting, and it is a very useful pigment. Moreover, after drying, this pigment is not only water resistant, but also has strong adhesion and toughness. Because of these advantages, acrylic pigments can be used not only on paper, but also on cloth, wood, stone, glass, metal and other materials.

Q: How to draw the feeling of oil painting with a shell cutter?

A: As long as the acrylic pigment is mixed with a high-viscosity spreading aid called GE-Medium, and then painted with an oil painting knife, the surface will have a concave-convex feeling like an oil painting.

Q: What is the effect of using adjuvants? What is plaster?

Answer: It can make the pigment look more shiny or reduce the luster of the pigment to increase its stability, and it can also produce crack effect. When acrylic pigments are used, gypsum is the primer. Cloth, fiberboard, corrugated board and cement should be painted with a layer of gypsum background before coloring. In this way, the pigment will not be affected by the color of the material itself, which is not only convenient to color, but also can fully express the color of the pigment. (LSMH finishing)

acrylic paint

According to the degree of dilution, you can draw the effect of light as water and thick as oil painting. After drying, it has strong water resistance and can boldly do color overlapping. Uneven color rarely occurs, which is convenient to use, but it dries quickly, and it is easy to damage tools such as brushes and palette. Therefore, painting tools should be cleaned in time after use. (LSMH finishing)

Soft colored chalk

This is the closest painting material to pigment. The coloring effect is very good. But it can't make transparent bright colors like colored ink. It is very convenient to paint in a large area. However, powder will be produced in the process of use, so protective measures must be taken when preserving the works. (LSMH finishing source: animation area)

The basic idea of daubing color

First, it is the most basic natural light, just like what we see during the day. Red is red and green is green. This is our basic starting point for setting colors.

Second, it is a slightly higher level of imagination, that is, to be aware of the changes in light color.

Such as the sky dyed red by sunset, the street lamp reflected by Qi Xianghui. When applying color, we should consider clearly what kind of light is set and what changes will happen to the color of things after adding shadows. In this way, the color change that needs attention is much larger.

The third and most important thing is feeling. Even if we use colors that don't exist in real life, others can get a unique aesthetic feeling when they see them. This is success.

To achieve a reasonable balance of these three points in actual painting, we need to observe the surrounding scenery at ordinary times. In different weather, different times and even different moods, the same scenery is changed into different colors, and there are all kinds of illustrations ... Think more, observe carefully, accumulate with your heart, ponder carefully, find a good impression of colors, and be aware of it. Plus the usual observation and accumulation, you can complete the overall concept of the picture. The main color is in harmony with the characters and the plot, which better sets off the main picture. (LSMH reposting finishing)