Billy Wimblett

I have no idea why I didn't think of this the first time. Do you just scan and make a copy?

I generally scan pencils anyway though. Juuuuust in case I do mangle an original I always know there's a back up. I also like having a pencil scan in case I get too far into the inks and forget the "character" of the original.

This is exceptionally helpful. I was also looking ahead to colors and mulling over how to approach that.

I work traditional and I watercolor my stuff now. Used to use copics. But if you're wanting to color digitally the best comics colorists in the business are on Twitter. @TBonvillain is my favorite. She might be willing to steer you in the right direction.

I've got an old Wacom tablet, but every time I've tried to use it I feel like a 5 year old with crayons and I unplug it in frustration. I'm most comfortable with watercolor pencils and have been looking into copics. Vax is a lot of dark shades, so this will be a challenge.

Oh yeah, Tablets are hard for many people unless you really stick with it. I used to draw traditionally and scan for painting for about 5-6 years before I finally made myself get comfortable with tablet linework.

My tablet is like 10 years old. I want to use it SO BADLY but I have no idea what I'm doing and the lines are so Microsoft Paint-esque I just give up. Any good suggestions for a decent tutorial? At the very least I'd like to learn. I've seen so many and it's rather confusing.

I mean first off, is the tablet working like it should with age? MS paint lines could be partially that, or incorrect pressure settings. Drawing on a tablet is no different than on paper besides the eye-hand position disconnect.