Hive Mind White Out Advice

[Dunk!]

I’ve got a load of inking coming up and truth be told I’ve never found a really satisfactory way of whiting out my mistakes. I usually end up using a Tipp-Ex pen which isn’t very accurate and can leave you with mountains of blobby white to sculpt the ink around.

Any tips, website or product recommendations really welcome.

Dunk!

[radiator]

TBH, I just use Photoshop - my inks always need a little cleaning up anyway.

However, PJ posted this handy guide a while ago...

http://www.pauljholden.com/blog/2009/08/12/tools-of-the-trade-whiteout/

[pauljholden]

What he said, about what I said.

er...

-pj

[Dunk!]

Cheers. I could use PhotoShop, but I work all day with it and there's something perversely satisfying in correcting my Small Press work on the physical page.

It will all end in tears.

And then PhotoShop.

[SuperSurfer]

With my doodles I've found Tipp-Ex really difficult to ink over with smooth lines. Tried a correction pen and didn't get satisfactory results with that either.

[flip-r mk2]

You used to be able to buy artists white out in art shops (don't know if you can still get it),wasn't very good for inking over.If it's small lines use a craft knife to gently scrape away mistakes but this damages the paper.Another method I've used is putting a paper patch over the area and redrawing  on top of that. That's the more traditional methods hope it's a help.




filip

[mygrimmbrother]

Photoshop for me, nice and clean (my grubby-ass drawings need a bit of cleanliness!)

[Bolt-01]

I've had pages from folk for FQ with mistakes in panels simply having a white paper sticker over them. You DO get a bit of line where they join, but that can be tidied up in the scanning stage.

I recall seeing an original page of Garry Leach Marvelman where did that as well.

[James Stacey]

I've had pages from folk for FQ with mistakes in panels simply having a white paper sticker over them. You DO get a bit of line where they join, but that can be tidied up in the scanning stage.

rip the edge of the paper sticker off before applying it and you wont get a line.

[Kev Levell]

As PJ and Radiator have already said. Acrylic white ink is probably the best if you're doing it traditionally... Occasionally I've used the Pentel Micro Correct pens and I've had some success with those gel pens too, but only for really fine stuff.

[Dunk!]

Footnote.

Does anyone know of a good art supply shop in the Coventry/Brum area then?

I'm prepared to travel-ish

My local shop closed just before Xmas.

[flip-r mk2]

The art shop in Falkirk closed about 2 years ago and since then I've been ordrering of the web,Artifolk the one I've used the most.



filip

[In Orbit Every Monday]

For small corrections, retouching or white on black detail work this Uni-Ball gel pen has a rediculiously high pigment content.

You can run it over india ink, acrylic paint and photocopier toner in one pass.



http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Uni-Ball_Signo_Broad_UM-153_White.html#a2761

For anything bigger or when straight edges are needed I use a Tippex mouse.

Both solutions will take india ink (after a fashion), a Sharpie or the new POSCA brush pens....



http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Uni_POSCA_PCF-350_Brush.html#a5337

Oh, and cult pens are completely trustworthy suppliers.

Cheers, Ol

[johnnystress]

http://agent44.com/blog2/?p=745


"How to fix an inking mistake with out using Photoshop (aka how comics use to be made)."