You re also going to get an indepth look at the 3 step digital inking process i follow to achieve consistent and predictable results in my comic book. There used to be a great website on inking with input from many great inkers but i think its defunct. Three essential lighting techniques for atmospheric storytelling. Digital inking eventbrite photoshop workshops presents digital artistry workshops 2020 at the san diego comic fest friday, march 6, 2020 sunday, march 8, 2020 at four points sheraton, san diego, ca. Up until then, there really were no books strictly on comic book inking. The trick here is that almost anything that can put ink on paper can be used from mechanical pens, to sharpies, to qtips or sponges. Enjoying both caricatures and comic art, kevin decided to attend his first comic book convention as an artist. Digital part one posted on october 20, 2011 october 20. Real 2b pencil allows the artist to achieve various line weights to help with inking. Yes, how to draw comics the marvel way talked about inking but not that in depth. Digital inking tips for beginners pencils by david finch youtube.
Comic book artists do not just settle in shading their works using pencil. The most common inking utensils are the crowquill pen and brushes. The first 70 or so pages are concerned with the basics of inking. He has love for traditional comic book artwork and digital art production. This is used primarily in the inking of comic books.
Learn tips and techniques to do so with this course. This technique uses the accumulation of dots in a pattern to create varying degrees of texture or shadows. The first digital inking kit for clip studio paint that contains digital versions of the same tools used by traditional inkers and a tips and techniques video in realtime of professional comic book inker jimmy reyes inking process. Along with pen, brush, and stylus, no inking tool is more useful than the art of comicbook inking. Gary martin, steve rude, brent anderson, terry dodson, randy green, adam warren, jack kirby, gil kane. Comicbook inking resources comicartistresourceblog. The illustrations would be used to help the rest of the creative team cast the roles for the film, aid in costume design and provide a bit of promotional material to drum up interest from investors and audiences. I wanted to share a few tips i think all beginning digital inkers should at. Comic creator ben bishop shows two methods for inking comics in photoshop, using examples from his. It covers all the materials from pens to brushes with a clear divide into two sections. The northern mist, a suspense horror set during the roman occupation of briton. Learn how illustrator daniel presedo has perfected the use of digital painting tools to create comic illustrations.
How to draw comics digital inking in this tutorial i will go over how i digitally ink a comic and go over some tips, techniques, and tools to aid you in your comic art. Digital inking insights how to create comics 2x faster youtube. Drawing comics can be a very frustrating task especially if youre just a beginner. Earlier this year i was commissioned to come up with a series of character illustrations for cohort pictures new film project. But it can be enjoyable too once you have mastered the. Create a digital comic, from sketch to pencil drawing. After this course, you will be more able to ink your illustrations with digital techniques. This must be some kind of record 2 comic art tutorials in 2 weeks.
Which is a major issue for a comic book artist, because in. Howdy again folks, were back at it with part two deux for you frenchies out there of my articles on inking techniques. I will provide a photo of each person and expect you to create the costume figure similar to the personality notes for each characters description, title and background so it resembles on of the examples i will send. The illustrations would be used to help the rest of the creative team cast the roles for the film, aid in costume design and provide a bit of. Thats all it took, and now conventions and comic art has become a main focus. Youll discover a couple of my favourite digital inking techniques as well as.
The art of comic book inking is divided into three sections. For something thats more geared towards beginners i recommend art of comic book inking. Generally, a brush or pen is used to ink comic book pages, but some inkers use both. The trouble is that most of them assume you have six to eight. The techniques youll learn even working from photos will carry over into your life drawing and your personal work. Advanced graphic novel and comic book art techniques. Brian robinson is a comic book artist that lives in alabama.
Ive been doing alot of digital inking lately and i thought to just press the record. Learn my secret to the fastest, simplest, down and dirty comic style inking and coloring technique for adobe illustrator. See how lois uses brushes in adobe photoshop to sketch, color, blend, and refine her digital paintings. Inking, or finishing, a comic page is a crucial step in the creation of a comic book and is a skill in and of itself. Creating comics using photoshop brushes adobe blog. Ive been making comics for a while, but if youre just beginning or simply interested in learning the steps involved, this course will. The bristol paper holds ink very well and will not bleed as. This tutorial focuses on not only how to colorize an image. They use ink to incorporate dynamic lighting, and add shading and textures which may be lacking in the penciled work. A number of graphic editing software can aid in comic book inking, adobe photoshop, illustrator and many others. I would like a graphic image in classic comic book style that depicts four super heros that are drawn to resemble actual people. Create a digital comic, from sketch to pencil drawing to inks. Creating a full comic book illustration is extremely difficult, because it relies so heavily on a clear understanding of your process which many artists dont fully develop even after theyve learned the fundamentals.
After an introduction into the art itself thats probably better suited as a quick refresher for established artists who havent been inking in a while, the main part of the book presents four pencil pages by steve. Clip studio paint webinar digital inking techniques with brian. Instead of messy ink bottles and brushes, artists could now use a tablet and stylus to replicate the same process to a certain extent. Learn how to create a digital painting adobe photoshop. With the introduction of software for digital art production, inking methods changed slightly. This massive comic book publisher employs thousands of artists with inking experience and many of them share. I will explain a variety of different traditional inking techniques you can try out on your own hand drawn works and in part three of this series, ill explain how to apply them to digital if you prefer that method. There are a lot of really good tutorials on the web for digital inking and coloring.
Influenced by her appreciation of anime, french comic art, and art nouveau, she has developed a style thats all her own. Learn how to use your graphics tablet and your creative software to ink your illustrations. You want to know how to ink your illustrations and comic book projects. Create a digital comic, from sketch to pencil drawing to inks recreate a roughedup look for a graphic novel or comicinspired illustration using digital pencils and inks. Kevin justice is the founder and owner of inking digital. There are notes on equipment, inking with pen and with brush, shading, feathering and crosshatching, contouring that is, edging an element of the picture to help define it in some way facial shadows, backgrounds.
In hindsight, maybe i should have scanned in pencil art, or used a tutorial. In this webinar, he is presenting tips and tricks for digital inking using clip studio paint, making use of the many unique tools such as the lasso fill tool, while also explaining techniques. Digital inking your illustrations and comic book instructory. He is always learning new techniques and honing his.
Once you learn the ropes in creating comic books, you should have an advantage of bringing out your creativity in digital or using the marker and that gives you the. If youre looking to add style, clean lines and clarity to your inked linework and need highly reliable and easy to do techniques that have been proven, then. You can also find helpful tutorials for different techniques and styles on youtube. This ink is stored in a container so you wont be using markers or the like for inking. Some comic inkers and comic artists now seek for the convenience of using computers in creating comics, opting for a faster and easier approach. I found one book i still heartily recommend, called the art of comic book inking by gary martin, which is to date the best book on the subject. He has worked on such titles as phi3 comics and comics flagship title spiralmind issues 14, and several comic titles for bkr comics, such as the incredible amazing five. Learn these different styles and comic book art techniques.
After carefully selecting his brushes in photoshop, ben begins the digital inking process. Clip studio paint webinar digital inking techniques with. If theres any company that knows a thing or two about inking its dc comics. So i want to share a new technique ive been trying out. From the tools, to line weights, spotting blacks, textures and advanced techniques like using zipatone. This digital method of inking proved to be faster and more efficient, as well as being more forgiving with mistakes. This ink is a black carbonbased ink that is used because it retains its color when put to the page. Five expert tips for better speech bubble placement with your visuals. Live inking demonstration key techniques to make your artwork pop. He has worked on such titles as phi3 comics and phi3comics. Also called black ink, this ink retains the color as soon as it is placed on the page since the ink is carbonbased.