April 11, 2016



I'm working on Usagi Yojimbo #156: The Secret of the Hell Screen--An Inspector Ishida Mystery, part 2.



This is the first page drawn on 11x17 inch 2-ply 500 series cold press Strathmore bristol, with a 10x15 inch image area.



Rough pencils done with 2H 3mm mechanical pencil. The borders were drawn with a 3.5 technical pen and lettering with a Rotring Sketch Pen, medium and bold nibs. The Aames lettering guide was set at about 3.25. The title lettering was done with a brush.





First wave of inking with a Koh-i-noor ArtPen filled with Badger Black Opaque ink, old formula.





Pencil lines erased.







Blacks were spotted with a Pentel Brush Pen filled with the Badger ink, and textures made with the Koh-i-noor pen.



And finished.