![]() ![]() ![]() In this regard, the person inking should be as good or better an artist as the person who pencilled the piece. At times the inker may have to adjust the lighting scheme of the piece because the penciller may have pencilled something incorrectly in contrast to the light they indicated in the piece. Then they will move around the page, isolating sections where spot blacks will go or where feathering or cross hatches will be. Typically the inker will trace over what the penciller has done as a guide. The inker must be able to interpret what the penciller is trying to achieve in the piece and create that feeling with ink. This is not something that can be achieved by simply tracing. ![]() Lets talk a bit about inking and then I’ll go over some of the tool types available to help get you started in the right direction.įirst and foremost, what is “inking” exactly, isn’t it just tracing? In basic technical terms, yes, it is a form of tracing, but if Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy has taught us anything, inking is definitely not tracing! So what does happen when a drawing is inked? Well, the inker will take a pencilled comic page or drawing and reinterpret the pencillers lines using a diverse set of pen and ink techniques to enhance the drawing and give it depth by manipulating light and shade. While everyone has a favorite brush, pen or marker they like to use, there are some tools that are considered industry standard, but that is not to say those are the only tools you can use. If you notice the tools the artists are using, you’ll notice they are varied and might not all be what many of the “How to” books tell you are the “standard” tools for inking. If you watch Youtube, and who doesn’t these days, you can pull up hundreds of artist videos showing how to ink a drawing. For anyone just getting started with inking the tool choices are many and can be confusing. What should I use to ink a drawing? What’s the best type of ink to use? Can I just us a Sharpie marker or a Bic pen? These are some of the questions I see daily on any one of the comic art facebook groups I belong to. Comicartistresourceblog is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to ![]()
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