My particular favorite board to print these on is strathmore 400 series plate smooth finish bristol. This allows the artist to draw comics the actual size that professionals artist has drawn for years. A quick guide to the best comic book paper for drawing comics. I would assume that they were actually printed as a comic book, however would it not be more valuable to own a piece of the original artists work. The premiere strathmore series is a bristol art board preprinted with a nonphoto blue border that is the trademark of all blue line pro boards. Strathmore is now offering those best selling bristols in. Blue line art comic book boards serve as the traditional paper for the comic book industry. Product description 12 3ply art boards 11 x 17 printed with a 10 34 x 16 nonphoto blue border bagged. Full trim pro comic book art boards 11x17 for sale online.
This prevents the signs of aging such as yellowing. Comic book page templates for clip studio paintmanga studio 5. Pro traditional comic book art boards pack of 10 sheets 11. Blue line pro serving comic book and animation creators. Lines are printed with blue line arts nonphoto blue ink. Your trim line is 150 percent of the trim size of the comic book. Do the right thing to protect the innocent get your comic boards now at bcw. I designed this template in adobe illustrator cc and decided to share it with artist who want to print their own art boards. For a guide to drawing in comic book style, i recommend how to draw comics the marvel way, and for an indepth guide to comic composition and story telling. Regular comic book art board 24 sheets 11 x 17 blue line pro. You might want to use different colored pencils to keep track of which is which. I like the strip boards, especially the canson for texture.
Value wise, is there a difference between a published page or cover which is inks over original pencils vs. Pro comic book boards surface offers a smooth surface to pencils and inking with a brush literally glides across the surface quill pen not recommended. Blue line art offers an allnew line of comic book art supplies with their ultimate art set line. Why is inked original comic pages worth more than pencil prelims. Ruled premiere comic book art boards ruled premiere 300 strathmore series is preprinted with a nonphoto blue border that is the trademark of all blue line pro boards. Offering the artist a 10 x 15 traditional image area. I decided to take a look at the two leading preprinted comic boards on the market. Industry standard sizes for comic and manga strips, pages, and covers. Find the safe margin and the bleed line from that measurement zone. Canson canson comic book art boards pad with preprinted, nonreproducible, blue lines, 150 pound, 11 x 17 inch, 24 sheets, 100510872, white, 11 x 17.
Jun 23, 2017 i designed this template in adobe illustrator cc and decided to share it with artist who want to print their own art boards. This might seem like a noob question but here goes. Strathmore is coming out with a line of blue lined comic boards. The ultimate comic book art set offers the artist all of the blue line art exclusively created boards and papers needed to start creating their own stories plus the actual tools needed to illustrate. Ill be showing you how to properly use the blue guidelines on your manga or comic paper and tell you why using them. This allows the artist to draw comics the actual size that professionals do. Join thousands of fans who own black sands today and give your child or a child you know heroes that look like them. Comic book cover sheets provide a border for your drawings with clearly marked bleeds and trimming for possible placement for a book s logo and company information. Comic book boards i would like to fold my fabrics around comic book boards, but im not sure what kind or size to get, or whether theyre actually safe for fabric storage. Blue line comic book pro comic strip art boards new. Comic book art board template 11x17 by jimmyreyes on. The main advantage of strathmore is its 100% acid free feature. Extrawhite, acidfree paper accepts ink, marker, felt tip, and pencil. Plus, you can combine them with comic book sleeves and other supplies for full protection.
Traditional format has the original 10 x 15 image border with panel markers for a traditional page layout. Kubert art store professional high quality preruled prelined blank comic book paper pages on strathmore 400 series bristol only at the kubert art store. What size comic book boards are best for fabric storage. Blue line pro serving comic book and animation creators for. Strathmore 25611 str25611 24 sheet smooth line bristol pad, 11 by 17, blue. Canson comic book art boards pad with preprinted, non. Comic creation blueline templates by hoelho on deviantart. Im going to start storing my fabric on comic book boards, but am wondering which size is the best for fabric storage. So i bought the boards, and it probably took me about two hours to sort and fold everything. The pro series is great for use with pencil and ink brush recommended as well as markers and acrylics. These boards, like other blue line art boards, offer areas for notations like issue number, page number, and date. Kubert art store blank blue line pre ruled comic book paper. Blank premiere art boards strathmore 300 regular bulk 50 11x17.
Jan 15, 2015 so i bought the boards, and it probably took me about two hours to sort and fold everything. Blps comic book boards serves as the traditional and economic paper as a long time stand by for the comic board. Ink vs pencil original pages cgc comic book collectors. Ink vs pencil original pages cgc comic book collectors chat. May 07, 2014 santoros articles encouraged me to develop my own blue line grid using similar notations, but not by utilizing the golden ratio of 1. Comic books and magazines have been bleached with acid and remains in the paper, to prevent further loss use comic book boards to absorb the acid. Small comic book art boards are great for web comics and are preprinted with nonphoto blue ink.
See details 12 blue line comic book pro art boards cover sheet art new packaging. Hi faust, if i understand correctly, the simple or quick answer is that the blue pencil doesnt show up in the printing process. The mystery of comic strip sizes rod mckie illustrations. Blue line pro serving comic book and animation creators for over. Blue line comic book pro comic strip art boards new ebay. Make the move from comics fan to comics creator with canson fanboy papers. These boards come in two varieties for the aspiring artist. Full trim pro comic book art boards add an extra step from its traditional pro cousin with an extra nonphoto blue internal 9. Jun 03, 2015 blue lines are reproductions of our pencils or even thumbnails, printed, usually with a bubble jet printer, onto fresh sheets of bristol. Furthermore, what is typically the split in value between these, if it can even be general. Blue line art paper for comic illustration nathan webb. Pages that are blue lines, are printed pages of artwork. May 19, 2016 blue line art paper for comic illustration nathan webb.
Comic book pages by john erickson art tutorials wiki. For use with pencils, inks, watercolors, washes and markers. Comic book boards are specifically laid out with an image area for standard comic book design. However, every printer will interpret that a little differently and you may need to calibrate the file to suit your printer to get the right blue. The heavyweight paper has excellent resistance to erasing and scraping, and the large marker areas will not bleed or feather.
Pro comic book cover art boards 11x17 for sale online ebay. It doesnt register as a colour so the artist can pencil over the blue line work which heshe uses to establish the preliminary image and not be concerned that the blue will show up in the final printed version. Blue line pro comic book art board rabbit valley furry. Full trim pro comic book art boards evolves the extra step from its tradition pro cousin with an extra nonphoto blue internal 9 x. Comic book pages by john erickson this is not a tutorial on drawing technique, but rather a guide to the steps and technical aspects of creating professionallooking comic book pages. You can tell the difference when in hand because the nonreproducible blue. Professionals draw their illustrations larger then they appear in the finished product. Canson canson comic book art boards pad with preprinted, non. Comic book art board template 11x17 by jimmyreyes on deviantart. Ill be showing you how to properly use the blue guidelines on your manga or comic.
Using them can replace using a light table or vellum to transfer the art as was done in back in the day, and it also allows a few other handy things along the way. This extra proportioned border allows for more freedom and choices when using the board. All my prints ended up folded on comic book boards on the top shelf, organized by color. An economical, smooth bristol weight board printed with nonreproducible blue lines for comic and manga applications. Crisp, white, tight and takes inks and pencils like a. Small premiere comic book art boards printed on premiere 400 strathmore series is a bristol paper preprinted with a nonphoto blue border that is the trademark of all blue line art boards. Canson comic book art boards pad with preprinted, nonreproducible, blue. I got the graded book back yesterday and it has a blue label. We have golden, silver and modern age comic book boards, as well as art print and treasury sizes. Full trim pro comic book art boards 11x17 for sale online ebay.
Canson comic book art boards pad with preprinted, nonreproducible, blue lines, 150 pound, 11 x 17 inch, 24 sheets. The signature wasnt witnessed so i expected a green label. Once you have your final measurements, lay out the three boundaries, your live area, trim size, and bleed. Im not really upset by this i just found it interesting an. Santoros articles encouraged me to develop my own blue line grid using similar notations, but not by utilizing the golden ratio of 1. How to draw comic book papers comparison different types strathmore bristol borden. Pages that are blue penciled, are rendered pages of artwork with a non. I compare them head to head, and see which one you should spend your money on. Blue line art paper for comic illustration youtube.
I have lots of fabric, which means lots of boards would be required, and it could get expensive, so i dont want to select the wrong boards. Blue lines are reproductions of our pencils or even thumbnails, printed, usually with a bubble jet printer, onto fresh sheets of bristol. I use strathmore 300 series bristol board vellum surface and print onto my art boards with my epson workforce 7620. Canson fanboy comic and manga papers blick art materials. Canson fanboy comic book art boards makes it easy for comic and manga enthusiasts to create their work with ink, markers, felttip pens and pencils. Jan 16, 2017 this might seem like a noob question but here goes. Pro has offered thousands of artists the opportunity to begin their careers on preprinted paper like the professional publishers use.