#retro supply

[thelenroman]

Some of my favorite illustrations I made in October 🥹

[salty-rey]

Powers | Domestic Eldritch Life

Don't ya hate it when your baby decides to defy gravity?

Philippe belongs to @dimaofficial

Me and my homie having a blast with domestic life ideas. ( ^ w ^ ) / ♡♡♡

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[ritzy-biscuit]

Hi, I just wanted to ask you something if it's no problem to ask.

I really like the old comic feeling your arts have and I would like to know which brushes, textures and color palletes you use? Or any advices for that type of art and where I could possibly find sources that could help learn about.

Hiya!

I draw in procreate and use these products from Retro Supply

And recently I bought KraftTone by True Grit Texture Supply which has an identical halftone system to Colorlab, but I wanted to know the difference. That being KraftTone has their CMY values (slightly) darker to give a gritty feel compared to Colorlab who gives you brighter color.

Before either of these products were available I used Debaser by True Grit Texture Supply. Instead of mixing your own halftone colors, Debaser has them ready to go. Just import the color file and brush in where you want the color. I still use this when I’m lazy or don’t wanna put in the extra effort 😅 (it still looks great tho!).

All these products come included with textured paper, inkers, distress effects and color chart references all of which I use in my art. 👍 These are all available for photoshop, illustrator, and Affinity. And I think right now only KraftTone is available for Clip Studio Paint. I can go into more depth about these products if you want to in another post.

If you don’t know about the comic color process and print here’s a quick article that will help you understand better.

You can find comic references anywhere. I get mine from Pinterest! Searching “vintage/retro comics” will give you a plethora of images that you can click through and get more similar images or find neat websites like this one!

Details I take note of when starting a piece:

If the colors and blacks will be vibrant or faded

If the print will be clean or bleeding and shifted ( or if I’m using halftones at all or solid color)

If the comic will have an overall yellow tint from age

How will I ink the lineart

There isn’t really a guide that teaches you how to achieve every single iteration of comic style. You get your lineart and halftones down and from there you experiment with effects depending on what look you want to achieve, which is the fun part imo. But on the retro supply website under “resources” they offer tutorials how to achieve various effects and art styles.

If you plan on mixing your own halftones it’s easier color it like normal then translate that color to halftones. The products I use all offer a solid color palette to the corresponding halftones to make the process easier because it does get a tad confusing especially if you forget what color formula you were using ( it’s a pain to match the colors tbh b/c they’re not labeled), I should pre color my stuff, but I don’t and I end up fumbling over myself. Lol.

Hope that helped some! Cheers!

[edrake]

Comic Pin Up - Spider Gwen

Comic Pin Up – Spider Gwen

[slaymkr]

[skwtches]

been missing these two a bunch 😔🫶

[glimmerkey]

1999 RoseArt Pokemon Markers

[kidcore-nostalgia]

[lonelyrollingstar]

Next up: the Micro Master MM-8000 training computer! It’s awesome, primarily because it looks like a bomb in a movie or something

[goshyesvintageads]

Kmart Corp, 1991

[wildflowercryptid]

some risograph brushes i've been eyeing went on sale so i've been messing around with them, they add a really nice texture to stuff.

[thelenroman]

Thinking of the collection agency the Hat Man would start after all of y’all stopped taking Benadryl because you owe him money. So I drew it.

[salty-rey]

Toe Beans | Flustered

When you're learning more about your Eldtrich partner.

The sketches below were done by the homie Dima!

Philippe @dimaofficial

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[businessmemes]

Any loss of essential business equipment, either through droppage or digestion must be reported to Management immediately.

[greenbookreclaim]

Blue and Rose Gold Soundwave lol

The closest things that look like Soundwave's alt mode.

[slaymkr]

Rip to the original girl boss