Sequential Artis a form of telling a story through the use of pictures in a narrative sequence. Comics, cartoons and graphic novels all fall into this widely popular category of art.
Strathmore® fine art bristols and illustration boards have been the choice among sequential art professionals and award winning illustrators for years. Strathmore is now offering those best selling bristols to consumers in convenient formats to fit the application. We are also introducing a new bristol surface and a new illustration board for wet media. The comic, cartoon and graphic novel industry is growing – picture your stories on Strathmore.
200 Series Bristol 100 lb. 260 g/m2
An economical, smooth bristol weight board printed with non-reproducible blue lines for comic and Manga applications. Printed surfaces for inner pages are available in sheets or pads. Printed cover surfaces available in 12 sheet packs. Acid free.
300 Series Bristol 100 lb. 260 g/m2
Bristol weight board offered in two surfaces and three sizes. Smooth is ideal for both traditional and specialty pen and ink tools. Vellum is recommended for pencil, charcoal, sketching sticks, airbrush and is acceptable to pen and ink. Both surfaces work well with specialty pens and markers. Acid free.
500 Series Bristol Plate Surface has an ultra-smooth finish that is unsurpassed for detail work using traditional pen and ink tools, specialty pens, specialty markers and airbrush.
Semi-smooth, our newest surface, is slightly textured. It is suited for pen and ink tools, pencil along with specialty pens and markers.
Vellum Surface has a toothy finish that is excellent for graphite pencil, colored pencil, sketching sticks and specialty pens and markers. It is also very good for charcoal, pen and ink, airbrush and light washes. Not recommended for traditional watercolor techniques.
500 Series Illustration Board for Wet Media
This professional quality board was designed to accept all illustration media. It has a strong durable vellum finish for traditional drawing techniques. In addition it has been internally sized to accept wet media and can be used for light washes up to wet on wet applications. 100% cotton vellum surfaces. Acid free.