/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4537943
No problem. I wanna add that this doesn’t mean there aren’t short cuts, and that you can’t just jump into inking from a blank canvas, especially on digital. However, it’ll heavily depend on the style you want to give your work. A style in which you just jumped right into inking without any planning (that’s what the sketch phase is for) will always inevitably look more loose and sketch-like.

That said, you should learn to do things the right way before seeking out shortcuts. Especially since cutting out the sketch phase isn’t much of a time saver. I can bang out a page like pic related in about 30 mins to 1hour. Roughly 5-10 mins a panel, with the bulk of the time going more into thinking of shot composition and seeking out inspiration from film or references for the inking phase. Meanwhile, >>4537868 here we’re looking at that same time frame PER Panel. Inking is always the big time sink, not sketching. Oftentimes the pre-prep in the sketch phase is there to save you time and headaches during the inking phase.