Coofffeee!!!

Here's another piece I've started. It took me a great deal of time to ink this one. HOURS! I'm slow and meticulous to a fault on stuff like this. I keep working and working this stuff getting it just the way I want it to look. In a lot of ways inking digitally is both an additive and subtractive process. Creating and honing your line art through your inks and removal of (portions) inks. I wish I could just get the exact line weight I want in one pass but it rarely happens. I tried inking this piece in 20 minutes and that version was horrid. I'm sure a Cintiq might help along these lines but I really want to test drive one before taking the plunge. All and all I'd rather have to toil and have it come out looking half way decent than it be something I wouldn't even consider posting.

I heard something in passing on a much different subject that gave me a little hope on the matter. It was an podcast linked from the recent VFX Townhall discussions. In essence they said that even though something appeared not-up-to par shall we say they kept working at it until it looked right and that was the difference between an average demo reel and what the pros create.

//EDIT: Here's an updated version with the colors started.