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digital inks over an old Spidey sketch. I hope to do more like this to really get a grip on the technique.Any hints/tips from experienced Inkers, or even fellow novices is very welcome..
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I think i am going to look into that digital inking. look at the info on it. I am used to the prisma's. But this my friend is beautiful!!!!
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thanks. I would definitely recommend at least giving it a shot. I have not mastered it yet, but it's not that painful to learn...
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no it's a digital input device, a so-called tablet. basically a like a mouse but you use a pen and tablet, so it's almost like drawing/sketching/inking on paper, except that it's direct to your computer in digital format. If you're interested I can note you with more details..
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aaaaHHHH!!! i have one of those, still in it's box, and too fearful to even open it!!!
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Girl! what are you waiting for?!! with your mad skillz i really think you could do great things with inks
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i know... maybe i will. right now i have that one project that i had to "do over" and i am looking at yet another DO OVER again with it. it has a plaid blanket in it that has challenged me beyond my emotions can handle 
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wow that even SOUNDS difficult...maybe a good-old girl-out is just what is needed?!! i do it from time to time.....don't hold it all in ma sistah!
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ah, i will let you in on a little secret i only share with some..well- i guess now with who ever else reads this. i am SO NOT like your average girl. 
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well, this year he walked in with flowers and chocolates and i was like... ummmm.... ????
and he was all "happy valentines day!!!" i was like... "crap....i gotta get my keys!" lol...
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swear... i am like a dude...lol...
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Man, I wouldn't even begin to know how to help you with the digital inking stuff. I'll step into the 21st century at some point lol.
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On the contrary, I think the essential skills of inking are the same, it's just the method of getting the black on the white is different. Things like how to create the effect of different surfaces: leather, metallic, rough.. and then how to use the right type of shading for bright light, night, day etc etc. As a penciller I would take these for granted as you can easily use shades of grey. But as an inker it's more tricky, because you have to create these differences using essentially, black and white only. These are the kinds of thing I want to learn...
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What I try to do is look to one of my favorite artists to see how they render different surfaces and just mimic tham as best I can. In my case that would often be Dave Stevens. If I can't find an example in his work I'll look to someone with a similar clean style such as Brian Bolland or Paul Neary.
One thing I thought of is, it might help to add a thicker outline in general to the entire figure.
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Thanks, I will check these guys out..
regarding the outline, I do agree. That's one thing with the digital inks: you can zoom in and out so easily that sometimes you lose the concept of which lines should be thin and thick... i hope that will come with experience...
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Studying simple black and white photography can also help to develop an eye for inking.
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that's a great idea, thanks!
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