/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>1548002
Manga Studio 5 EX actually. I have a very old version of PS not real useful to me for inking, but I really like the Pen Tool in MS. I have yet to do any real page work with MS and have only barely scratched the surface for what it can do, using it more as a sketching/layout tool. I like that you can tweak the pressure curve of the tools, I just mess with it till it feels good to me. YMMV.

As for the inking, it's an extension of the Image-type style from the 90's. I'm influenced by inkers like Al Gordon, Mark Farmer, Tim Townsend, Alex Lei (over Ed Benes) and Scott Williams. Essentially all I'm doing is a Dot-Dash-Dot. Traditionally, I work with brush and I've gotten the style fairly close to what I do IRL into the computer.

Japanese manga artists that I like for inking styles are Mee-kun, Hiyo-Hiyo, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, and Haruhiko Mikimoto. I like inkers that push and vary the line to give a drawing more energy.