/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3352435
If you're doing it traditional get a light box if you have a scanner use that to scan your sketch and print it out. EZ

You do it over and over. You might need to practice line control, or just knowing your tools better. Ghosting your lines might be helpful.

>>3352449 that's a very good tip. Scan and print at very low opacity, then trace it. I've seen many artists doing the same, inking the same piece 5 time till everything looks right.

>>3352435
you ruin them because you are not good enough yet. you need confidence and good hand coordination to make lineart not feel stiff.
this comes with mileage. no shortcuts here, you lazy bitch. pick up that pen and do some practice.

>>3352435
there's a whole training schedule for this on the internet, transcribed from some old book

>>3352457
FAC?

>>3352449
This is a good idea. You can also buy tracing paper and ink on that if you don't have a scanner.

>>3352435
Though you can practice brush/pen control with a tablet I wouldn't really recommend that way of learning: unless you're super disciplined, you'll end up relying on Ctrl+Z-ing, which will hurt your eye and instincts for on-the-fly decisions.

Plus, constant view adjustment (i.e. zooming into and out of individual zones to work on) can warp your ability to work on a piece or page as a whole. I see this a lot in modern comics: the line consistency and positive/negative composition looks all over the place.

This anon >>3352449 has the right idea, though you should try not becoming afraid to work on actual pencils down the line.

I wouldn't start with a brush right out; first you may want to try some tech pens, and then branch out to either brushes, nib pens, or both (maybe try a fountain pen as a transition).

>>3352435
The best practice is: find pencils of other artists, print them in cyan, and ink them.

One important thing: inking shouldn't be "tracing".
You should keep your pencils loose, because If you make all your drawing decisions in the pencil process the inking will be merely tracing and your drawing will be a bit stiff.

>Also, can you learn it digitally or should I buy a real brush?

Imo inking digitally is harder, and keep in mind that a lot artists do pencils digitally, and ink them traditionally. Try, and do what feels better (and faster, in digital you have ctrl+z but the process takes more time then).

Tools: There isn't a single tool for everything. If you like french comics they use nib+brush. The brush is the Winsors & Newton 1-2, always check the point before buy it, it should be sharp.
For the nib, the manga ones are ok, G, Maru and soft Maru.

If you like Hergé you will love Matthieu Bonhomme

https://youtu.be/ehX_eZN_MhI

>>3352435
There are some books on inking in the book thread. "The Art of Comic Book Inking" was good if I recall correctly. Use whatever the artists you are trying to emulate used. Definitely get a brush and India ink, but brushpens are really convenient too.