does mad use blue pencil or light box?

[fco plascencia]

I watch to joe's pencils, and they look so clean and sharp. that i was wondering if anyone knows if he uses blue pencil to do the base sketch or if he cleans his pencils using a light box... I belive he doesn't but I'm not sure... so if any one can tell me, I'll apreciate it.

btw I asked humberto ramos, in a convention here in mexico, if he uses blue pencil to make his pages and he said yes, and there was francisco herrera too and he said he uses light box... i dint't know that. so That made me wonder if mad does it.

thanks a lot for the time.
fco plascencia.

[Grey]

I have no idea, but I suspect that Mad uses a lightbox. Also, if you see some of the sketches in BC, they are actually done in blue pencil too.

So my guess is that he uses both!

[fco plascencia]

Grey said:

I have no idea, but I suspect that Mad uses a lightbox. Also, if you see some of the sketches in BC, they are actually done in blue pencil too.

So my guess is that he uses both!

thanks. for the ansewer grey. so if he uses both and the higlight. is ok. I'd love to see one of is original pencils. cuz, blue is taken away most of the times when the images are scaned. any way... mad's the man. hey madman... have you ever got to see one of the original pencils on person?

thanks for the time again

[LabSOUND]

On the old mad! site he said that he didn't use a lightbox, it would take more time to get his work done. He used to use a blue pencil but he said that it made the surface of the paper waxy. So now, he just sketches right on the page, then he sharpen his line work.

[Madman!]

yeah labSOUND is correct it was in the big interview thing on the official site and I printed it out, so here is what he said:

Q: Do you do a rough sketch/layout first when drawing?

Mad's Answer: "Yes, always. I used to draw in blue pencils first, then add all the detail with a regular 2H lead. Unfortunately, most blue pencils are very waxy, and ink doesn't stick to the paper very well in areas where alot of blue was used. (And I used ALOT.) Now, I simply pencil lightly with a standard 3H rough out the figures, perspective lines, etc. then, as I tighten it up, I erase any stray lines with an old kneaded eraser. (Using a kneaded eraser that's been around for a while will not leave shavings, or upset the paper, even slightly. It's very important to break in your eraser!! I'll usually do this in a sketchbook or something, because a fresh-from-the-wrapper kneaded eraser DOES upset the paper some.)


so there you go

[fco plascencia]

wow! thanks a lot labsound and madman... man! joe is awesome... that's why he's still the best