The Making of "Looking for Group" - Part Two

Lar deSouza, the artist behind the comic "Looking for Group" shows what goes into his twice a week strip (http://www.lfgcomic.com)

In this second installment, the inking of the strip is completed.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• comic
• webcomic
• deSouza
• LFG
• WoW

[vintage1351]

Are you just using the brush tool to ink? And how are you getting your lines to come out so neatly? I also notice the lines are chaning width as you round corners and such, how are you achieving that effect? Is it mainly practice or are you doing something special within photoshop?

Awesome web series by the way. I just discovered it, (i know, late bloomer) but I'm totally here to stay now.

Oh yea and last question...which is your favorite character?

[lardesouza]

@vintage1351 That's correct. I ink at 200%, which gives me the control I like. I'm using a Wacom Cintiq so it's pressure sensitive. I press harder, the line gets thicker. It's that straightfoward. The rest is practice.

Favorite? I can't just choose one of my babies! :)

[ne77s]

What size do you work in when drawing the comics? Is it the same as the final web display size or do you work larger?

[lardesouza]

@ne77s I work print size. Roughly 7x10 inches at 300dpi.

[ZombieFirestarter]

It's so weird how cathartic it is to watch a brilliant artist work at the speed of light to Raymond Scott.

I gotta ask though, what are you working in? That frame/speech bubble feature is extremely convenient.

[lardesouza]

@ZombieFirestarter I'm working in Photoshop. I use the elliptical shape tool to draw my word bubbles. In this page I simply added tails using the polygonal lasso, but nowadays I add them with the shape tool and then apply a Style to them for the fills and outlines. You can also use the Edit>Fill and Edit>Stroke options.

[Wuzzup222]

For... PONY!!!!

RICHARD FTW. Everything he says is funny as hell. WOO

[Harbinger4ever]

I've been reading his comics for over two years now, and I can tell you with great certainty that Lar deSouza IS IN FACT the artist of LFG. Blindferret Entertainment is sponsering the comic and is working on the development of the movie, but that in no way means that Mr. deSouza is not the artist. :/

[Cluny91]

Super good! :) :D

[ZombieFirestarter]

@lardesouza Oh wow, that's awesome. Thanks, and thanks for doing such great work on the comic. Keep it up!

[jonnavdpas]

Richard has the snappiest comments ever! xD

[tomichasquad]

What kind of brush do you use? I like the way your strokes look, the thickness changes very nicely. Is it some custom brush or just standard Hard - Pressure Size? And what kind of Wacom pen do you use with the tablet? Also, tool? Brush all the way or do you ever use pencil/pen?

I'd really appreciate an answer to those, I'm kinda confused about Photoshop :( But I just got a Wacom Intuos4 M and I wanna do comics so hard