The Forgotten Trio: Letterers, Inkers, and Colorists
On the panel was Todd Klein, Beth Sotelo and John Livsay, the panel was moderated by Jessica Tseang. The group discussed first working by hand and then transitioning to digital, John revealed that he still does inking by hand and how he recently used acetate on a cover and the difficulty in finding it, they also talked about John’s inking being very clean. They also spoke about why inking is not tracing. Beth talked abut coloring and using a flatterer to help out, having to use color to make certain things stand out, Todd spoke about the amount of dialog on a page, if letting should be “invisible”, they group talked about creator credits and misconceptions that fans have about their work, advise they would give to people wanting to do their jobs, if people wanting to do it should learn how by hand before using digital tools, AI affecting their careers and issues with pencilers drawing very loosely or using a lot of lines.
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