Creating Comic Books : White Ink & Pen on Your Comic Book
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After inking the comic, erase remaining pencil lines, white ink areas that need emphasis and add motion lines with pen. Detail the comic post-inking to make it easier for the scanner with tips from a comics marketer, writer and creator in this free video on comics. Expert: Mark Poulton Contact: www.koniwaves.com Bio: Mark Poulton has worked in the comic book industry for the past three years. He is the writer/co-creator of the hit comic series “Koni Waves.” Filmmaker: Joel Young
25 Responses to “Creating Comic Books : White Ink & Pen on Your Comic Book”
nice way to do it is to sketch in a light blue, ink it, clearly showing what you inked or still have to.
Scan the image and delete the blues,
skips the erasing, what can lead to blur and spots on the ink.
Note, you can also copy the blue/ inked image for the blue is not copied with the linework.
and you can colour on copies and save the original.
@Mcree114 nope, I´d say good larger part of the professional comic artists are doing inking traditional way with brush, which makes sense in my opinion, it is better done with traditionally, which I´d say will stay like that for long time, I rarely see one artist who does better job with tablet and photoshop than with paper, pencils and brushes.
Coloring in the other hand have been moving to digital work, photoshop does really good work on that.
what kind of ink and white out do you use….i wana go out and buy the same kind ur using
The ‘white out’ he’s talking about is, I believe, something like Pro White, with a fine-tipped brush….it’s great for covering up mistakes on the black ink, or for adding more transition effects
it looks like a brush
wat kind pen is that you dipped in that ink ?
Unbelievable! I think this is the first time i’ve watched an Expert Village video featuring a true expert! Well done.
lol, “surprised her from behind”
i dont believe comic books are limited to the classic india ink thing like below we use what ever we have at hand,and i color with the fine tip sharpies imma bout to buy a new pack and i draw with a staples pencil nothin fancy
judging by your posts i worked out all of your adult life
graduated from some shitty art school at the bottom of your class
cant get a good job as an artist, work shitty bottom tier drawing jobs just to get by
your an huge asshole and therefore dont have any friends
your a jealous bitch
your a horrible artist and therefore validate your ’skills’ as an artist by posting on youtube videos and pointing out trivial things such as the type of white ink he uses
Actually the pigmentation in india ink is what makes the blacks scan so clear. Industry standard says use it for the bigger selling books. Indies can do whatever.
Also if you want to resell your art sharpies are a bad idea as they brown with age.
I worked on x-men and spiderman properties using microns which have a dark dark pigment and are waterproof. That was just incentive cards. If it were the comic definitely india ink.
Artists use whatever the hell they want and whatever they are comfortable with and the publishers don’t care, as long as they get their job done well and on time. Personally, I think that the white sharpie paint pens can be SO much more handy then a thing of white ink/whiteout and a brush when working at a certain level, but white I still have a use white ink/whiteout. To each their own.
No one can really answer that. For some, it might be easier and look better when done on the computer, others might prefer using pens and still others might stick with brushes and nibs. You just have to try everything out and get to know your strengths, weaknesses and build your own personal preferences. In the industry, no one is really going to care what you use (I’ve seen people ink with pencil crayons, sharpies and bic pens), just as long as you get the job done well and in a timely manner.
Is that woman suppose to Rihanna?
cool he inks it himself very well done manalot of talent
man, what’s with all the negativity in these posts?
who cares — this video seems to be a few handy tips for people who don’t know a whole lot about the inking process.
Mark Poulton seems to be an enthusiastic teacher/artist who’s good at explaining his process… what’s the problem?
nope, just a born leader—you guys can follow all you like, I’m good
a little narrow-minded are we…
and you are flying way off the handle, I know you aren’t comparing Jim Lee to Tiger Woods. unless you’re name is Jim Lee there is no reason for anyone to be as defensive, stop being a follower
ur fucking stereotyping, it’s like saying that only pro golfers drink that tiger woods Gatorade, or that only professional basketball players wear air jordans
I have also studied under pros in the industry, shitface, so I know what I’m talking about. you’re teacher is a nobody unless they are a professor at the Joe Kubert School and even then there’s a saying: those who can’t do teach
they also draw with sharpies dumb ass, my teacher works for marvel and knows that they don’t use fancy shit
Jim Lee is a whore and you’re right his art does speak for itself, but can you understand the language? I think not
Jim Lee is a pro. Who cares if he uses white out? His art speaks for itself.
see, real pros use pro-white not white out, Jim Lee
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