Sarah
"Hi!
I'm Sarah!"
Gecka
"Hello
everyone! How are youuuuu!
I'm
Hirogecka of WizComic creator/PR!!"
Sarah
"Today,
you're going introduce sub-tools, right!"
Gecka
"Yep,
it's yet for beginners, but there may be some hint to work more
easily.So others are also welcome to read!
Introducing
sub-tools for Manga creators,
their
advantages and how to use them!
Gecka
"First,
I’ll start explaining about pen section!"
Fineliner
Pen
Although
I have a little bit of doubt to introduce as part of sub-tools, but
many people use as main pen in the modern Manga.
200 Yen
per pen seems to be rather expensive, yet it’s persistently
popular.
Special
feature is that you draw line in uniform.
Especially
those who are not good in drawing Manga with pen point, love it. They
like fine drawing because they dislike how lines become thick
depending on writing pressure.
What
you currently see is 1mm～0.05mm,
but many love to use 0.08mm too.
Many
are water-resistant and greatest advantage is, it can be used for
copic and water painting.
However,
fineliner pen is nothing but very fine marker. It gradually gets
destroyed as you use it and unable to draw fine lines.
Then
you start thinking with Mottainai spirit,
Then
I say, "Oh...it looks like ink is still there..." but have
to say goodbye.
Being
miser myself, I don't like it.←
Gecka
"Depending
on my arm condition,
I
can't manage the hardness of pen holder since
I
have strong wrinting pressure and easy to impose on fingers."
"That's
why I purchase soft grip sold in the market
and
wear like this to reduce the burden.
Moreover,
different colors will allow me to distiguish the thickness without
looking at caps every time."
Sarah
"Yeah,
you're right. That's an idea."
By
the way, aren't you pen point user, Gecka?
Do
you use fineliner pen too?"
Geacka
"Yep.
Depending on my hand condition, such as dislocating joints, etc., it
makes different pen easier to hold than other."
Sarah
"Dislocating
joints...?!"
Gacka
"Yep,
it's kind of occupational disease...
It
can lead to tendonitis, so I can't skip message every week."
Sarah
"It
must be hard to be Manga creator...?"
Gecka
"Hahah,
if it wasn’t hard,
there
wouldn't be Manga creators dead from overworking."
Sarah
"You're
right..."
(Did
she just say "dead from overworking"...?!"
Gecka
"For
that reason, it's very important to take care of your health.
It's
difficult and I myself am unable to do..."
"Japanese
are proud to work a lot” "Work until you die" is kind of
trend for some people,
but
do you know that you can’t draw no longer once you damage arms and
die from over working?
Sometimes,
I hear some people who is proud of their tendonitis. It may be proof
of “how hard they tried” but
when
start drawing professionally and it becomes chronic.
Do
you know that the pain will be common?
So,
if you have that much time, go to massage, hospital, treatment, sleep
well, etc. and cure before it becomes chronic.
You
must treat since you can get better by not drawing!
You’ll
regret it if you can’t draw until last minute of your life.”
Sarah
“Y…Yes.”
(Suddenly
so serious…!)
Gecka
“No,
I’m sorry. My animator sister has told me this so many times.”
Her
animator friends were constantly sitting for days and felt pain in
their foot. Blood circulation in their foot which was so painful and
they couldn’t walk.
They
called ambulance, but doctor told them at the hospital,
“If
you were a bit late, we had no choice but cut both legs off.”
Sarah
“No
wayyyyyyy?!”
Gecka
“So,
for hose reading this blog, do not over work and
draw
a line of your limit!”
The
chronic fatiue won’t go away immediately.
“It’s
also important to have courage to rest and take care of your health.”
Sarah
“Everybody,
let’s rest properly!!”
Super
Fine Pen
The
famous HI-TEC by PILOT.
I
don’t use as much, but special feature is,
you
can draw even lines unlike fineliner pen which wears out.
However,
since it’s ball point pen, it’s extremely difficult to recover
when whiteout gets hard.
Calligraphy
Pen
It’s
used for painting hair gloss, etc.
It’s
nice how I can carry it.
You
can apply them by how they’re used,
since
there many different kinds of thickness.
By
the way, I often use Pentel’s mid-size pen and Daiso’s thin-size
pen.
Having
Brush Wring 4th
level, I shouldn’t say that, but I’m not so concerned about
feeling of calligraphy pen. ←
Whiteout
MISNON
is one of popular ones, but I couldn’t get it easily since nearby
stationary shop wasn’t there any longer. I now use DAISO’s
whiteout.
No
doubt it’s cheap item, but it has no problem in term of correcting.
However,
you get what you pay for, so those who don’t have light box or who
wish to be Girl’s Manga creator shouldn’t go for it.
It
can be little costly, but I think you should go for DOCTOR MARTIN,
etc.
By
the way, whitening is easy for me since I use digital which can be
done easily. So whitening is nothing but whiteout.
Other
Brushes
It
can be used for many things, such as painting and whitening, etc.
It
depends on what kind of effect you want at that time.
The
chopstick on the right side is used when you want to draw lines
according to the scene, with ink dipped in.
You
can also call it as substitute for texture.
Sarah
“From
chopstick to flat brush…”
Gecka
“Even
if I say so, it isn’t used as much…
It’ll
be good if you can use it to express according to each scene.”
Sarah
"Absolutely!"
Gecka
"Wow,
it's been too long. I've to end and split here!
In
the next article, I'll explain about the remaining sub-tools!"
Sarah
"Good
job done, everyone!"
【Artcicles
in the Past】
Sarah
"Hi! How have you all been?
Today, article is about pen holder and ink!"
Gecka
"Well well, I'll speak about pen holder first!
It may be good for those who're undecided which tool to use,
since this article is much more basic compared to previous ones.
Sarah
"Is that so...to begin with, is there any difference in pen holders?"
Gecka
"Actually, there is."
I'd recommend for who is willing to try many different pen points.
Free pen holder for multi purpose use.
Sarah
"What's characteristics of these two?"
Gecka
"Calm down, I'll explain now."
Basically, those 2 pen holders have same fuctions,
except price and thickness of grips.
Looks like this.
Of course, you can use for G pen, spoon pen, school pen and
for mapping pen too.
Sarah
"Really, that means this serves for all!"
Gecka
"Yeah. Only problem is, it needs to suite your hand.
If you don't care about it and only look for good points,
I would like to say to beginners who are yet to start using pen point,
"when come across this pen holder, you won't lose anything by buying."
Sarah
"Hmmm? What's that yellow pen holder?"
Gecka
"It's free pen holder by Deleter.
It's sold by itself alone, but I recomend this because it's sold with
G pen, mapping pen and spoon pen as trial set.
Sarah
"Wow! It's good to start with."
Gecka
"That's why I strongly recommend to future Manga creator
who is undecided which pen to use yet."
Sarah
"By the way, what are other pen holders??"
Gecka
"There is pen holder especially for mapping pen.
But you can only use for mapping pen."
Sarah
"Understood."
Gecka
"Adding to it, many have subsitive pen holder to draw line with white,
if you're lazy to get it, there is double-headed pen holder too.
It looks like this.
Sarah
"Oh, that mean I only have to buy this one!"
Gecka
"Stop it!!!!"
Sarah
"Whyyyyy? What happened all of the sudden!
You said to buy Deleter's pen holder!"
Gecka
"Sarah, when humans write, naturally our postures become bad
and distance between paper and face will be closer."
Sarah
"Yes??"
Gecka
"And, when it comes to fighting scene, you're deadly sleepy right?"
Sarah
"I hear that often."
Gecka
"What in between paper and your face?"
Sarah
"Pen..."
Gecka
"Do you want to go blind?"
Sarah
"Noooo!!!"
Gecka
"That's right...It's safer this way...
I don't know how many times I experienced that fear too..."
Sarah
"That must be your own experience too..."
Gecka
"Well...I think I spoke quite a lot."
Sarah
"Wait a minute!! You haven't spoken about ink yet!!"
Gecka
"Damn...all right..."
Sarah
"What..."
Gecka
"I'll briefly explain. About advantage of ink you use."
PILOT Drafting Ink
KAIMEI Chinese Ink for Manga
Gecka
"I'll explain about 2 inks with me now.
I want to recommend ink such as PLOT Drafting Ink for drafting,
although people who aren't used to Manga tend to buy the latter,
the Chinese Ink for Manga."
Sarah
"Which you mean?"
PILOT
PILOT Drafting Ink
Wring touch is smooth and ink is silky.
How fast ink dries afer drawing, is unquestionable feature.
It's reliable ink how it reduces rubbing while drawing...
It's attrative how you can buy large size, save more money and add to it.
KAIMEI Chinese Ink for Manga
It's not suitable for actual drawing since it dries slow.
However, no doubt it's Chinese Ink, it performs excellent solid color.
It's suitable for color draft such as cover pages, etc.
since it's water-resistant and doesn't spread.
Quite suitable for water paint and copic works.
But there is less oppotunity to use these days,
since fineliner pen is more convenient.
Gecka
"This is it for pen holder and ink!"
Sarah
"It's become too long. Thank you so much for reading!"
Gecka
"I'm thinking of speaking about tools in the next article!"
【
Artcicles in the Past】
