For a while, I was drawing on good paper, but now I've gone back to the bad stuff. I put matte medium on it. If you put matte medium on it, it seals up, so it doesn't really matter.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I use the old Strathmore vellum surface paper, which is the best paper you can get in the Western world for ink line drawing. It has a good, hard surface.
I haven't stopped painting or drawing - I've just added another medium.
I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.
Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree? But the glossy digital prints, I just can't stand that paper.
Over the years I must have spent thousands of hours silently brushing on the liquid coatings, preparing each sheet in anticipation of reaching the perfect print.
When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.
I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.
Generally, I don't pencil, especially with the autobiographical comics, although I've usually planed out composition in my head during the scripting stage. I like to work directly in ink, to keep the spontaneity and expression conveyed by a less worked over line.
I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks.
When you're looking for a sketchbook, you've got to find the right paper for the pens you like to use. I like to draw on both sides of the page.