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Looking at Ron's work above, I got a bit of an Alan Davis vibe from it. He's almost at that point where one could say he'd make a name for himself as a regular comicbook artist. For my part, I've been plugging away: 
My most recent string of activities have revolved around some original characters like the one above, using some old sketchbook sheets as a medium for practicing my panel layouts and penciling skills. I've been working on a system akin to what I read that Walter Simonson does in his recent Draw! magazine interview, where he makes a relatively tight breakdown and has it projected onto a blank sheet of paper where he completes the project in the inking stages. It might be interesting to mention John Workman Jr as my inspiration for how I inked in those lettering balloons in the comics that I've posted so far. He seems like a perfect compliment for Simonson, and I like the idea of drawing a dialogue balloon so that it actually becomes part of the panel border (seems to stand out better). I usually add the dialogue in Paint Shop Pro after scanning the work. What I'm planning to do within the next month is purchase an Artograph LightPad for a similar practice. Instead of following the line art as an expanded image projected from overhead, I'll be tracing the lines illuminated through a sheet of Bristol board overlaid on top of the pencil art, which will be done on thinner sketch or copier paper, then embellishing the inked line art later. Artograph has a model which suits my needs (the A940 has a lit working area of 12" × 17"). I had thought about getting the overhead projector system like what Simonson said he used, but decided against it when I saw the maintenance costs for replacing two 250-watt light bulbs and having to purchase these and the overhead desktop attachment separately. Thus, my investigation into the new LED technology being used in the LightPad devices.
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