Uncanny X-Force speed video by Mark Brooks

[Tigorah]

What are all those α symbols for? What is suppose to be there in the final verion? Is that for the inker of the person doing the colours?

[cycrone]

yo man sick stuff, think you can do a tutorial on how you made the brush you used for inking, or maybe share it? :P

[Grieverjoe]

I will get this good. Just you wait and see! I'm studying your art style.

Pure badassness!

[andyandozer]

This. Is. Amazing.

[GriffinKelly]

Hey man, what software did you use to record this?

[ilballodisanvito]

I now believe in jesus.

[cycrone]

damn man I'd love to see how you created the brush for both the pencil and ink or where you got them, awesome shit!

[dobsalalika]

Freaking bad-ass!!! 

[ernesin149]

What im still thinking about is... Why you were asked to do "Digital Pencils"? i mean... after this, was this digitally inked? or by hand?... because... if the inks were digital too, what was the porpoise of the Digital pencils? PLEASE ANSWER! Thanks Mr. Brooks :)

[MarkandKwon]

@ernesin149 The page is printed out in none photo blue and then inked by hand. If this was going to be digitally inked I would have simply inked it right after I did the layout.

[Curkacola]

@MarkandKwon only one word come to mind. WOW!!!!

[djmoarte]

holy

[Dacon]

Hey man, how do you handle perspective so easily? Any tips on learning how to draw so organically?

[capsscreen]

I'm such a huge fan!!! I take at least one week to make something like that,the shadowing is stunning!!!

[jbyrd117]

Nobody ever seems to be able to tell me the answer to this, but when you are pencilling a page or cover, how do you know where to put all the black spots on the figures? Not the lines but the core shadowy looking spots. Are those spots just core shadow spots?

[MarkandKwon]

@jbyrd117 It takes a lot of practice in understanding how lighting works on figures and objects. Different light effects a figure different ways and practicing from drawing from life in the only way to learn how to do it. There's no real trick, just hard work and patience. I'm still learning myself but growing as an artist is the only way this job stays fun.

[cerkuenik]

@jbyrd117 I´m not even close of being a professional comic artist, but my guess is that it is a mix of understanding of light and composition. If you pay attention, the light does not always come from the same place, You carefully choose where it looks more interesting..

[fbs04]

wow!

[robertito777]

speechless.... A+

[ernesin149]

@robertito777 you cant give a grade to mark....HE give us the grades :)

[sergioseiya13]

what brushes do u use?

[flonkerton1]

Great behind the scenes stuff.

[MyananPow]

Thanks for letting us take a look into the process of how you do things, it's amazing!

What are the x's for in certain parts of the images?

[tastywilly]

@MyananPowI'm not Mark, but.... traditionally they mean "fill with black". Pencillers usually marked big masses of black with little x's and didn't shade, as they expected the inker to understand what to do.

[MyananPow]

@tastywilly Oh, that makes sense. Thanks man!

[AspenMLT]

Very cool! Hope you do more!!

[RangerBob5]

Mark, I actually commented on the first day you posted the video, but I don't see the commment anywhere. Basically I loved watching this and your other vids, that's an incredible process and the end result is amazing. I would live to embed these videos on my creative blog for people to check them out. Would that be a problem? Thanks

[9loodaed]

outstanding job

and I love the fact you put System of a down's Song Aerials ^__^

[9loodaed]

outstanding job 

[BluDrgn426]

Daaaammmn, epic work!

[MrMuchoNice]

Great work....do you work purely on a wacom or perhaps a cintiq ?

[MarkandKwon]

@MrMuchoNice penciled entirely on a cintiq- thx!

[boredome]

Hey Mark, I know doing it digitally saves time, but do you ever worry about not being able to sell the original? This is really awesome by the way. I'm trying to watch it in slow motion so I can learn haha.

[eelsevilla]

Great work like always man,i can see you have a better control in composition while using digital, i tought you liked more traditional. Because of the speed.

[MonsterMo44]

isee u do this and u make it look easy... then i think to myself "pfft i can do that sh*" then i go and try to draw things.. it looks like crap and i end up punching my wall. so thanks for that. now i have a hole in my wall

[ShogunRoninArtist]

Do you ink in Photoshop as well?

[mcapprotti]

One of the coolest damn things I've ever seen. thanks for sharing Mark!!!

-capprotti

[BlackTowerStudios]

Fantastic work Mark! great work on a great book.

[ffPANCHO]

Wow!!! its crazy watching you work your magic...thanks for sharing!!!

[JnAStudios]

Freaking awesome job as always!!

[thedazedbandman]

damn, man. much as i really have been loving Mike Choi's art, I think I can very easily say he has some damn good competition! kudos and keep doin' your thing man!

[vinreaper]

This vid rocks guys!

[silesishere42]

ive been following you on deviantart as well and 2 things, music choice for the vid = awsome and second you have been an inspiring artist for me and to see the stuff you do is just soothing to the heart. you have awsome skills and i love your stuff so good luck with everything. cheers

[MonsterMo44]

i <3 you

[crossXgrave]

I <3 you and all of your amazing work. This made me like....my entire day.

[natephoenix]

Wow. Simply wow. Mark, your artwork never ceases to amaze me. I actually picked up a Cintiq a month or so ago. I've been practising with a pencil brush, but i've gotta admit...If i'm ever half as good as you are with yours i'll die a happy man.

[SOSPuff]

I dig, therefore I like and leave a comment. :-p

[FullSanctionCmx]

Wow! This is amazing to watch take shape. Thanks for posting. It's really interesting to see how you piece things together.

[RenkaKnives]

U ARE GODLIKE nuffsaid

[FranckUzan]

Crazy good!

[grimcoyotereaper]

what kinda brush do yu use? looks like a pencil brsh and a soft round but im still learning

[Ethrendil]

absolutely incredible. Awe inspiring to watch!

[arthaven]

Awesome work Mark! Love that song too.

[mirth181degrees]

Damn Mark... that was so awesome! Also made me appreciate the fact I own one of your originals... almost like having an example of an extinct species!

[MarkandKwon]

@mirth181degrees HA! Not extinct yet, just choosier about that I do traditionally. And all the inks are still done traditionally so there are originals out there=)

[leftinpuertorico]

Great job, Mark! Is this using Manga Studio? I just got that and I've been fiddling with it... love the brush feature.

[MarkandKwon]

@leftinpuertorico I dig Manga Studios but I'm still a Photoshop guy when it comes to drawing pages.

[RaceLunar]

@leftinpuertorico If Manga Studios' layout and interface looks EXACTLY like Photoshop's, then somebody's gonna have a copyright-related problem. Yeah, that's Photoshop, btw. Nice job, Mark - you clearly have more patience with the software than I've ever had.

[iltizioqualunque]

how do you set your brushes in order to looks like pencils and ink? Thank you so much!

[MarkandKwon]

@iltizioqualunque I actually found the brushes online, go to google and type in photoshop pencil brushes, the first link should take you to them.

[iltizioqualunque]

@MarkandKwon wow! Thank you so much!!!

[shoethief]

@MarkandKwon I've been wanting to know this for a while! Thanks Mark you're truly an inspiration to me!

[xoff999]

So, are the panels pre-determined or do you draw, and then adjust the panels to fit the picture?

I Also love that you used the "butterfly" shape to represent the traditional psychic powers of Psylocke. (I think that's right... right?)

[MarkandKwon]

@xoff999 Thanks! I get a mental picture of how I want the page to look and layout my panels accordingly. I'll change them slightly as I go if needed.

[DiedLastWeek]

я в восторге от Ваших работ!

они великолепны