You
can't really do a good job without these tools unless your some kind
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French
Curves:
These tools come in several different sizes and shapes. I use
at least 4 on any given drawing. You rotate them around on your
drawing till you find an egde that closely matches the curve you're
trying to ink. You can also purchase a "Flexible Curve"
which looks like a peice of rubber railroad track. It's no good
for tight curves but works nice on long curves.
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Triangles:
A must have for Comic book paneling and perspective work. The
triangle rest on your T-Square. Use the T-square to draw Horizontal
lines and the Triangle to draw Vertical lines. The 45 degee angles
com in andy for drawing perspective lines back to the "Vanishing
point". I'll cover perspective in another tutorial.
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Ruler with
Inking Edge:
Really,
all your tools should have an inking edge. Notice the diagram
on the left depicting the way an inking edge works with a Pen.
The Ruler edge is raised from the drawing surface allowing the
ink to apply cleanly. If that edge was flat on the paper the ink
would bleed between the edge on the paper making an ugly mess.
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