Pencils vs Inking?

[Murph]

Still somewhat new to the comic book OA area. What kind of value does a cover have if the inking is done over the original pencils versus if the inking is done completely separately of the penciled original? I assume the inks over original pencils is the more desired of the two? Thx

[Mighty Hal]

Ink over the original pencils is preferred.

 

Pencils by themselves after that.

 

Ink over a blueline copy of the original pencils is becoming more frequent but is less desirable than either of the above to most collectors.

[jeBailey]

This brings up another situation I have.

 

I have a chance to buy several pages that were taken directly from the pencils for the books. The artist will ink them for me. I plan to ask him to ink over blue line so I can preserve the pencils as they were used for the book.

 

Do you guys agree or should I have him ink the original pencils.

 

John

[Mephisto]

Ink blue lines.

[malvin]

if they were published direct off the pencils, why are you even getting the inked? Have the charm is having the original that was used for publication.

Even if you just get the bluelines inked, the connection to the published page is gone.

 

Malvin

[rodan57]

I agree with Malvin. Original comic art is the treasured part of the production process. If the book went to press with the original art, as is, I would come down on the side of maintaining what I view as the historical integrity of the art.

[jeBailey]

The artist wanted to ink them the way he did for the book. I want to keep the pencils as he did them to start with.

 

John

[malvin]

artists can be so weird =P

 

Is he charging you extra for this? I'm guessing he basically digitally inked it for publication, but now he wants to physically ink it before he sells the art.

 

He should have physically inked it in the first place! =P He probably did it digitally to save time though.

 

Malvin

[jeBailey]

He is not charging more than he quote for the art when I knew it was just pencils. The inking was done digitally to save time. That is why I ask for him to ink on a blue line print. that way I get to have the pencils also.

 

John

[Pirate]

This brings up another situation I have.

 

I have a chance to buy several pages that were taken directly from the pencils for the books. The artist will ink them for me. I plan to ask him to ink over blue line so I can preserve the pencils as they were used for the book.

 

Do you guys agree or should I have him ink the original pencils.

 

John

 

if it's kitson, have him ink the original pages.

[AKA Rick]

Keep the pencils have a blueline produced and ink the blueline and then you have two different and unique pieces of artwork. It would look nice as a pair too.