Penciling and Inking a Comic Book Cover with Siya Oum

[@dpiercyscomics]

Thank you for posting materials/supplies in the description. More videos, please. ❤️

[@SiyaOum]

You are welcome, thank you for checking it out!

[@mentalcog2187]

Absolutely love watching you work. Remember the smell of pencils, ink, paper and Bristol Board. The freedom of relaxed thought in a near meditative state. Sense of accomplishment throughout each step of a piece. Your descriptions of what you're thinking, doing,.. the process you've honed with your style is simply exquisite. So very inspiring and a fantastic teaching aid for an aspiring artist. The epitome of giving back! Much respect and admiration!

[@SiyaOum]

Awe, thank you! You make me appreciate the process and medium even more! Well put!

[@mentalcog2187]

@@SiyaOum Thank you.

[@dmrfunkster]

that perspective is Badass. you're dude is free falling hundreds of ft. to a certain death with a zealous smirk on his face!!!! Love it

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you!

[@melloedwards]

Thank you for this!! Can't wait to see the finished product!! So excited!!!

[@SiyaOum]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@stopstalkingmebruh6021]

This was awesome, thanks for sharing your process and those subs for the equipment 👌

[@SiyaOum]

Thanks for watching!

[@suburbanview]

in this AI and tablets times, is very interesting to see You using traditional (if not old and forgotten by the young generation) instruments for drawing. And or course, Your great control over the ink brush, its just a dream to see it happening for an amateur like me. Thanks!

[@toomanylies7716]

What an impressive labor of love!

[@CamberGreber]

You are so extremly skilled. Its obvious you put enourmous amounts of time honing those skills which inspires us to work harder to close the gap. It is such a joy seeing you work and your videos are well done. The fact that you have only 11k subs is a crime. You are way better than a majority of the most watched on YT. This world makes no sense sometimes.

[@SiyaOum]

Awe, thank you. As long as you got something out of my videos, I have accomplished what I set out to do. I really appreciate this comment. Hopefully see you around! :)

[@SL33P-WALK3R]

Blick was out of W&N seeries 7. so I randomly got the exact same Princeton brush. Now I'm not as bummed out with having a synthetic brush, after seeing what you can do with it. Thnx!😄

[@billcrabtree8700]

Siya, these videos are so inspiring, not to mention informative. As a colorist who aspires to write and draw their own book, I’m so glad I found them. Thanks so much for being so generous with your time and expertise.

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you so much for your words of motivation! I hope my little videos are inspiring in some way. My best to you and your projects! xoxo

[@TheDoerf]

Thank you very much for this channel, I love it. You have a new subscriber. Great work!!! Regards.

[@krisauten8661]

Thank you, for sharing your work and experiences.

[@the_flushjackson]

Siya, you are awesome! Your videos are edited well, and you cover so many details such as supplies and techniques. I always learn something when I watch your process videos. Thank you!

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you so much! It makes me feel like I know what I'm doing, even though I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing. :D

[@nighthawkwarriorcomics]

Cool video thanks for Sharing please do more of these I enjoy your process visually and I am a artist myself and I am drawing my first comic book of my own characters and story's etc

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I'll do many more of these to help you through the process, it's a lot of work huh? Well worth it!

[@nighthawkwarriorcomics]

@@SiyaOum yeah thank you I appreciate all your help and keep it up your art is amazing

[@Sir_Walkerwind]

Definitivamente eres mi artista gráfica favorita , espero desarrollar un estilo propio inspirado en el tuyo. Besos :*

[@DantePicasso]

I love your outlines so much. Since you were mentioning what tools you use, what kind of printer would I need for 11x17 size?

[@SiyaOum]

The best printer/scanner is the Epson Workforce 7720. It's wireless printing/scanning.

[@DantePicasso]

@@SiyaOum Thanks for the suggestion!

[@MaxStoryTeller92]

Omg, backgrounds... I need to start to practice them, but I'm really bad at it...

[@MightyMaxJuega]

Pocky power cant wait

[@SiyaOum]

Yes! Woohooh!

[@taliyahshepard9341]

Sooooooo cool!!!

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you! :D

[@hectorbermudez5318]

Thanks for sharing your process with us!! I already follow you on Instagram so seeing full videos on how you make your art is awesome. A question for you, do you feel like the Ron boards take the ink well from micron and Sakura pens? I’ve been looking into getting Ron boards and I use those technical pens and I’m afraid of ink bleeds and blotching because I’ve experienced that with other boards I’ve used. Thank you again

[@SiyaOum]

I use tech pens on Eon boards . I used a couple of different pens in this video. Which brands have you used in the past and do you know the weight of the paper?

[@ranach270]

i love your work perfect

[@juanf2307]

Excellent!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you for watching!

[@davog25]

This is awesone ! How did you draw the buildings in perspective? Did you use vanishing points and a ruler?

[@SiyaOum]

Yes, I did use perspective lines. It's 3-point perspective and I did the guides in light blue color-erase colored pencil. Thank you!

[@EinRevolvermann]

Lots of hard work 😍✏️

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you!

[@marcmeup1]

Fantastic!♥️

[@R.K.994]

Oh my goodness this is incredible! How much time did this take to complete in total?

[@SiyaOum]

About six hours. The background took the longest. Thanks so much!

[@R.K.994]

@@SiyaOum keep up the great work!

[@SiyaOum]

@@R.K.994 Thank you!

[@artbycarlgookins]

I know this was 2 years ago...but this is so inspiring! I cant believe it only tool you 6 hours. 😵 it would take me 12 even if i was going as hard as i can. I have to go and check out much more of your work. Kudos! 🌟

[@bonivi4b.r79]

Looks amazing.. Congrats!! 🤙

[@SiyaOum]

Thank you!

[@chriscanianoart811]

Real nice. Did you do the perspective grid in Photoshop and print it out in blue line on the paper? I'm trying to figure out what to do for my own work. I overthink....

[@SiyaOum]

I did it with a ruler. I thought about using photoshop but something about lines I can't erase on the paper bothers me when I see the actual artwork.

[@RNBArt_jojo]

Amazing

[@eboi5575]

Cool

[@mrd5178]

What were your stages for this. I am imagining, sketch, blue lines, lightbox, final lines then the video starts.

[@davidensinger4175]

did you consider using Dip Pen, Tachikawa?

[@SiyaOum]

I do have dip pens, but the desk I was using was so small I ran the risk of spilling/knocking it over. It would be fun to revisit again soon!

[@youtuber-452]

What Brush u use and the size number? Is the thinnest line of the brush the same like 0.5 mm pen or smaller?

[@SiyaOum]

This is the BRUSHES: Princeton Velvet Touch Round #2 Brush amzn.to/2X6z8mv I wouldn't say it's like an 05 lead but it's very thin.and varies quite a bit depending on the amount of ink and pressure you use.

[@PabloPazosGutierrez]

If they are falling down from a building or flying, why are their faces so relaxed?

[@lamar7of9]

Wow

[@hanhoang7883]

Any tips for perspective? Did you use a grid

[@SiyaOum]

I didn't use a grid, just started the perspective lines from scratch with a ruler.

[@jerartist127]

Question do you always outline the characters first?

[@SiyaOum]

I try to but it doesn’t always happen that way.

[@ЛьюиллиннФлоримель]

Рисование левой рукой это самое правильное рисование!

[@LukSter18998]

can i ask if this character is planning to do a jump roll before falling?!?!?

[@SiyaOum]

He's going to pull a Batman, and then have his squirrel suit colliding with a moving truck lol. Not exactly that way, but close!

[@yoyoyodogg3]

How do you know how to do all that?

[@willexcel]

Siya, why not go straight from blue lines to inks? Why bother to pencil when your blue lines are so clean/tight? I feel like you could skip a whole step and save some time.

[@suburbanview]

Sub!

[@Black_Bodhi414]

I love that you still draw traditional. To me drawing straight to the computer loses the soul of the art. You lose those ( what I call) happy accidents.

[@SiyaOum]

I totally get that! That's why I still do traditional art. It makes "mistakes" mean more, and it's very fulfilling to know it's one of a kind. Even though, I do love my iPad Procreate. :D

[@seallustrator]

This is true. That's why I'm also switching to traditional art.

[@worldprofound962]

Bruh, you titled it PENCILING and inking a comic book cover yet you already had penciled the main characters. Uh, what?

[@LukSter18998]

i’m ashamed i can’t give you money

[@SiyaOum]

Awe...maybe some day I'll have super chats! But, thank you!