{"title":"Screentones \u0026 Tools","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-61-01-regular-dot","title":"Deleter Screentone 61-01 Regular Dot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat screentone is and how the 61-01 fits into analogue manga production\u003c\/strong\u003eScreentone is the adhesive halftone film used in traditional analogue manga production to add tones, textures, and gradients to inked pages without using solid black or hand-drawn hatching. The grey areas, shadow fills, skin tones, and background textures seen in printed manga are applied with screentone sheets: the artist cuts the sheet to the shape of the area to be toned, carefully lifts the cut piece, positions it over the artwork, and burnishes firmly to adhere it. The 61-01 pattern is the production standard regular dot — a mid-density, even halftone dot that works correctly at the reduction ratios used in standard manga printing. It is the first screentone pattern an analogue manga artist needs, the most versatile, and the pattern that defines the visual character of traditional manga toning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApplication — the technique in practice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScreentone application requires two tools: a craft knife for cutting and a burnisher (or smooth pen body) for adhering. Place the screentone over the area to be toned with the backing still on. Use a lightbox or hold the page to a window to see the artwork through the semi-transparent film. Mark the cutting line lightly, then cut along the edge of the area to be toned. Lift the cut piece carefully — the adhesive side faces down. Position over the artwork, press gently to tack in place, check alignment, then burnish firmly from the centre outward to fully adhere. The adhesive is repositionable briefly before full pressure is applied; once burnished it bonds permanently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53231833874760,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-61-08","title":"Deleter Screentone 61-08 Fine Dot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLighter tones through finer dots — building tonal range across a page\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEffective manga toning is not about applying a single screentone density universally — it is about using different densities to create a tonal range that reads as three-dimensional and visually varied across a page. The 61-01 regular dot is the mid-density workhorse; the 61-08 fine dot is the lighter companion. Applied to skin tones, the 61-08 produces a pale, delicate grey that reads as light-catching skin without the visual weight of the regular dot. Applied to shadow areas at the light edge — where the shadow transitions from its darkest to where it meets the lit area — the 61-08 produces a subtle, gradated effect that the 61-01 dot would render too abruptly. Using the 61-08 and 61-01 together, sometimes with the gradient 52-series patterns, gives the palette of tonal options needed for varied, professional-looking manga pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53231844884808,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-61-14","title":"Deleter Screentone 61-14 Sand Texture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTexture patterns versus dot patterns — different visual purposes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDot screentones (61-01, 61-08) create tonal values — they read as grey at a distance and convey light and shadow. Texture screentones like the 61-14 sand grain serve a different purpose: they convey material surface. A sand or grain texture on a background area does not just say 'this is grey' — it says 'this surface has texture, this material has grain'. Applied to a ground plane, it suggests a rough exterior surface. Applied to a sky area, it can create a slightly hazy, atmospheric quality different from the regular dot. Applied to fabric or clothing, it can suggest texture without the mechanical regularity of a dot pattern. Using texture patterns alongside dot patterns creates visual variety across a page and allows the artist to distinguish between different material surfaces without resorting to complex hand-drawn texture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53231855272264,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-52-01","title":"Deleter Screentone 52-01 Gradient Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGradient toning — what it does and how to use it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA uniform dot screentone fills an area with a consistent tone. A gradient screentone fills an area with a tone that changes — from visible and dense at one edge to transparent at the other. This transition is one of the most distinctive visual elements of professional manga: the sky that fades from dark at the top to white at the horizon, the emotional close-up where the background dissolves from a full tone into pure white, the action panel where the background recedes into atmosphere. The 52-01 is the lighter of the two gradient patterns in the range — it begins with a relatively light dot and fades to transparency. This makes it suitable for subtle atmospheric effects, gentle sky gradations, and skin tone transitions where a more dramatic gradient would be too heavy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrientation matters — planning the cut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe gradient on the 52-01 sheet runs across the long dimension of the A4 sheet. When cutting a piece for a panel, the orientation of the cut determines the direction of the gradient in the panel. For a sky that is darkest at the top and fades to white at the horizon, the dense-dot end of the gradient should face upward in the panel. For a background that fades to white behind a character, the transparent end should face the character. Plan the cut before removing the backing — the gradient direction cannot be adjusted after burnishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53231864971592,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-52-10-gradient-dark","title":"Deleter Screentone 52-10 Gradient Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDramatic tonal transitions — where the 52-10 belongs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 52-10 is the heavy version of the gradient screentone range. Where the 52-01 starts with a light dot and fades gently, the 52-10 starts dense and creates a dramatic transition that commands attention. The typical applications are the scenes that carry emotional or dramatic weight: an action panel where the background darkens sharply behind a decisive moment, a character close-up where the background tone rises from white to a heavy grey that focuses the reader's attention, a sky in a night or storm scene where the darkness at the upper edge is pronounced and intentional. Using the 52-10 in panels that require drama and the 52-01 in panels that require atmosphere creates a tonal vocabulary that can guide the reader's emotional response across a page sequence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53231871656264,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-speed-lines","title":"Deleter Screentone — Speed Lines","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpeed lines — conveying motion in a static medium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeed lines are among the most immediately recognisable visual conventions of manga — radiating lines that fill a panel to convey the sensation of motion, impact, or dramatic emphasis. Drawing speed lines by hand requires careful measuring from a central point and consistent line spacing across the panel, which is both time-consuming and difficult to achieve consistently. Deleter's speed line screentone provides pre-printed speed lines with a marked centre point that allows the artist to position the convergence at exactly the intended location in the panel, cut to shape, and adhere — producing the clean, precise speed line effect that would take significantly longer to achieve by hand. The screentone version produces a different quality from hand-drawn speed lines: more mechanical and precise, which reads as particularly effective for technological or high-speed subjects, whereas hand-drawn speed lines have more organic expressiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53233955963208,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-cross-hatching","title":"Deleter Screentone — Cross-Hatching","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCross-hatching screentone versus hand-drawn — when to use each\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCross-hatching is a shading technique that creates tone through a grid of intersecting lines. Hand-drawn cross-hatching produces organic variation in line spacing and pressure that has an expressive, human quality — the lines are never perfectly regular and this is part of their character. Screentone cross-hatching produces a perfectly regular, mechanical grid — every line equally spaced, every crossing equally weighted. These are not superior and inferior versions of the same thing; they are different tools for different effects. Hand-drawn cross-hatching is appropriate for expressive, gestural illustration where the mark-making is part of the visual character. Screentone cross-hatching is appropriate for areas where mechanical uniformity is the desired quality — technical objects, architectural surfaces, or any area where regularity signals precision and control. Using screentone cross-hatching selectively, alongside hand-drawn marks elsewhere in the panel, can create contrast between the human and the mechanical within the same composition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53233962942792,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"deleter-screentone-brickwork","title":"Deleter Screentone — Brickwork","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArchitectural detail without the time investment of hand-drawing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing consistent, proportioned brickwork by hand requires careful measurement, a steady hand, and a significant time investment. Each course of bricks must be aligned, each brick proportioned correctly, and the mortar joints made consistent — the more of the panel the brickwork covers, the more time the process takes. Deleter's brickwork screentone provides a pre-printed regular brick pattern that can be cut to cover a background area and adhered in a fraction of the time. The resulting brickwork has the mechanical regularity of real brick construction and reads clearly as brickwork even after printing reduction. The correct application is for urban environments, period settings, interior backgrounds with exposed brick, and any scene where a brick surface needs to be clearly identifiable without becoming the dominant visual element of the panel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deleter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53233987944776,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/inkwellartsupplies.com\/collections\/screentones-tools.oembed","provider":"Inkwell Art Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}