How to ink comics traditionally with a brush! (Part 1)

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Leila del Duca is a comic book artist with an energetic, sketchy inking style. She shows us how she inks comics with a brush, rapidograph, and G-nib. Part 1 of 2.
How to print blue line artwork to ink onto: • Video
Leila's website: www.leiladelduca.net/
SHUTTER is written by Joe Keatinge, drawn by Leila del Duca, colored by Owen Gieni, and lettered by John Workman and Ed Brison.

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@vaughngaminghd 2 жыл бұрын

The straight, parallel lines you pull at 8:02!! Absolutely amazing…

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

Awe! Thanks so much!

@skully4249 3 жыл бұрын

Wow KZfaq recommendations is actually good for once

@ScotCampbellwindowpainter Жыл бұрын

I painted window splashes in Portland for 33 years. Now I teach. I inked (painted) my character outlines with single stroke flats and liners. Recently I am learning to work small again. I like using the Japanese brush pens

@Macbigicekeys 10 ай бұрын

This is one of the best videos focused on inking that I've seen over the last year. I don't know why the algorithm didn't bring it to me sooner. I look forward to watching your other videos.

@janedoe5229 21 күн бұрын

Hello. This was very helpful. I would think that inking was a lost art. Thank you for showing us how it's done. :)

@opolloqo6121 3 жыл бұрын

'Hooray for less trash going into the landfills." THANK YOU! My soul dies a little every time I throw away a micron, so I started using a quill.

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I hope the quill is treating you well!

@travisnobleart Жыл бұрын

You don't need to throw them away! Usually the tips get bad before the ink, so they can become a useful tool for making imperfect lines. I have a jar full of them waiting for their second life as a bad ballpoint.

@xortegaccaedu 7 ай бұрын

Your lines look pretty clean, very crisp and flowy.

@youremybiggestfan 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Amazing. My childhood dream was drawing comics.. I just draw for fun now but i love to know how its traditionally done

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you gained some knowledge for this. Thanks for watching!

@chuckgibson3973 3 жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial. I have people ask me basic questions about inking all the time. Now I'll refer them to your video.

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic to hear! Thanks!

@beinganartist9476 11 ай бұрын

Super great!

@marcelomafra 3 жыл бұрын

Cool! I very much liked those strokes. Brushes make it so distinct and dramatic.

@travisnobleart Жыл бұрын

So many valuable techniques covered in less than 10 minutes. And great explanations. Awesome!

@nicholassmith4900 2 ай бұрын

This is such a fantastic video. Thank you!!

@DV-dt9sq Жыл бұрын

You are brilliant!

@dwellingjournal1961 Жыл бұрын

by far the best inking tutorial I've seen. thank you so much!

@silvaromeroluisdaniel221 3 жыл бұрын

You're a greatest inker! I love the vídeo sooooo much

@RODRIGO-TRINDADE 3 жыл бұрын

I want your brushes !!🤣🤣🤣 Amazing work!

@theqore43 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! So much fun to watch you do your stuff

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad it’s fun to watch!

@stevemarce1988 13 күн бұрын

Bravo 👏🏽

@danmcdaid Ай бұрын

Your ink line is REALLY nice

@ericdonaldson7520 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your tutorial...

@ScotCampbellwindowpainter Жыл бұрын

Masterfully 👍 done

@johnsanford1956 6 ай бұрын

YES! Kudos for using Rapidiographs!

@dolphinman09 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, very cool inspiration to ink with a brush👏

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@emekaabuah6029 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the ground rules, very useful. You are very beautiful by the way.

@darioscomicschool1111 Жыл бұрын

Checking this one out Later! Gonna get into the Brush!

@jas_bataille 3 жыл бұрын

Me : SO clean, OMG, I need to get my old sable brushes out of the closet, what a master :O Her : This is sloppy LMAO

@TimeCodeMechanics Жыл бұрын

I know right.

@7NumbersLeft Жыл бұрын

holy shit this is actually pretty good

@rocketshipevan 4 ай бұрын

Lovely lines you get with the brush. I dont like using the ruler either, especially for inking, it looks too cold. And its tedious of course :)

@soupbonep Жыл бұрын

Damn, you're so good!😮

@portland-182 3 жыл бұрын

Really great inking. Magnificent brush work - It's Rapidograph not Rapidiograph!

@johnkanzler6646 Жыл бұрын

I have heard people call it rapidiograph since the seventies....for some reason t just sounds better. When i learned it was actually rapidograph, I felt distinctly let down! ☹️😋

@betweenmyselfandothers2534 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for this information

@morfeas333 2 жыл бұрын

You may know this, the rulers that architects use have a small tooth that creates a gap between the rapido and the paper so you don't have ink bleed. Normal stationary rulers have that gap / lip too. No need to use the rapido in strange angles when inking, also wears the tip more uniform.

@crakoa1254 2 жыл бұрын

Is it a beveled ruler?

@fredguerra4336 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I've used one (back in the '70s) that had a strip of ridged rubber on the underside, but the one I currently use has a strip of cork. Both allowed the edge of the ruler to be lifted off the paper, avoiding ink from crawling underneath and creating a smear. The one with rubber underneath also had a "knob" looking thing at the 6" mark to allow lifting without smearing the ink by lifting the ruler by its edge and inadvertently touching ink work.

@acmcdesign 5 ай бұрын

My father would put a strip of drafting tape underneath each angle of his triangles to create a tape-width gap between the triangle and paper.

@silvaromeroluisdaniel221 3 жыл бұрын

Your lineart is Amazing 😵

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@mangs9940 Жыл бұрын

really informative!

@byWilliamJMeyer Жыл бұрын

this is cool, thank you

@samankucher5117 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@stanimirgeorgiev.87 Жыл бұрын

Great!

@meremstitches 2 жыл бұрын

I came for inking tips and saw a beautiful lady 🤣😂🤣🙌🙌

@BradyDale Жыл бұрын

God I love watching this kind of thing so much. It's so beautiful. I always ink from the upper right down and out so my hand doesn't get on it . Somehow you're not making smudges. Mysterious. I always smudge

@frostdrawer4324 Жыл бұрын

Решив воплотить детскую мечту, принял участие в локальном конкурсе мини-комиксов, выиграл. И решил выпустить свой комикс. И ваше видео мне весьма поможет. Благодарю. Успехов и здоровья вам.

@jameskillian8795 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video, very helpful and informative! Would love to see more! Your work is great!

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so, so much! I'm glad you find it helpful! More to come soon. :)

@mnqwenononqane1604 2 жыл бұрын

Troy and Abhed got me rolling

@ceciliethorsen4966 3 жыл бұрын

THanks for reminding us to move! i'd forgotten...

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! I don't take my own advice on moving around nearly enough. Good to hear from you, Q!

@jerryrichards8172 Жыл бұрын

How to keep are brushes clean without damaging them would be a good video.

@Chris_McWilliams 9 күн бұрын

Great video! Are you printing out the pencils onto bristol at reduced opacity? Considering that as a hybrid approach - penciling traditionally, scanning, tweaking digitally, and then printing them out again for final traditional inks.

@rysunkowehistorie1237 3 жыл бұрын

Greta video! and really helpful. Could you do a video about your drawing table, light and art space? :)

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And that’s a great idea for another video. I’ll give it some thought!

@rysunkowehistorie1237 3 жыл бұрын

@@helioscopepdx6666 Thank you :)

@nicholasschaefer8204 3 жыл бұрын

Was the penciling printed to the Bristol? Thanks for sharing this video!🙏☺️

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was! Using Clip Studio, I changed the black ink to 52% Cyan, decreased the opacity on the line art layer, and then printed it with an Epson Stylus Photo 1400 printer.

@vaughngaminghd 2 жыл бұрын

@@helioscopepdx6666 So no problem with the Epson ink resisting your rapidiograph ink? That's amazingly helpful!

@andrewleitzer6562 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! So much helpful info in these 10 minutes! What kind of nib are you using? Also, How does the rapidiograph ink do with being erased? I find Microns and even my Copic multiliner ink tends to lighten a lot when erased (I work on original pencils mostly).

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

The rapidiograph ink comes up less than the brush ink, in my experience. I don't use Microns and Copics so I can't say how it compares to them, but I'm guessing the rapidograph sticks to the paper better. But I know what you're talking about! It's sad to see those darker black inks fade slightly after being erased. The nib I used is a G Nib.

@juststuff5216 2 жыл бұрын

i Love rotring ink, it's the best i've used.

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

It truly is so wonderful!

@adamdevries8121 2 жыл бұрын

great video, very helpful,,curious how you got the pencil line work on bristol board? and did you work out the thick in thins with pencil before hand?

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I got the lines on the paper by printing my linework onto the bristol board. Here's a video showing how I do it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdSefs93tsvHhqs.html I didn't work out any thick and thins because in this video I'm essentially inking over an already inked piece where everything's already figured out. When I originally drew this page, I did pencil it clearly enough to figure out how to ink it, but I wasn't too tight with the pencils. I like to give myself room to alter the linework in the inking stage if that makes sense.

@marleytc2003 Жыл бұрын

What's Kindle of brushes do you use?

@emmyuwu5403 14 күн бұрын

how do you transfer your sketches onto the bristol?

@kellyarmstrong6714 Жыл бұрын

so,the page starts out with that pale outline of the comic.is that sent to you to ink,do you print it like that?im confused how artists recieve their panels...

@jhowardsupporter 3 жыл бұрын

I hear it but when I look at the image I don't get it. Oh cos it's like comic book style so there is a thicker line around the characters? I don't know, I can't tell which lines are suppose to be thick and which ones thin.

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

It'll come easier over time, I didn't could tell which lines I wanted to make thicker right away. The unofficial rule is if an object is closer to the viewer/camera, those lines will be thicker than objects further back in the image. But it's not a rule people have to follow to make good art, it's just there as a guideline to experiment with. I hope that helps! Thanks for watching!

@Peter-wl3tm Ай бұрын

How much of and angle do you have when you’re drawing

@mishka.a 3 жыл бұрын

What size of brush do you use? :)

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

I use a size 2. :)

@libfuzzy4629 2 жыл бұрын

Dopeee

@RoQueRenel24 3 жыл бұрын

So cool a woman draw and teach

@jas_bataille 3 жыл бұрын

Well if you into comic's history a lot of great colorists were women even in the 40's and 50's

@RoQueRenel24 3 жыл бұрын

@@jas_bataille yep so cool

@veystone2580 Жыл бұрын

Hi! 😊 Sorry if by any chance you talked about this already, at some point, if you did, I didn't catch it! But, quick question if you could help me... Does alcohol (india) ink stain porcelain/ceramic palette? Or does it wipes away like watercolors? I'm about to buy my first inks and don't want to ruin my watercolor palette!

@helioscopepdx6666 Жыл бұрын

Just seeing this! And sorry, I don’t know if India ink stains ceramic palettes. Did you end up finding out if it stains or not?

@MrRyan4896 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Leila, I wanted to ask how you print out the non photo blue version of this for a double page spread. I cant seem to line up the two pages of my pencils and im wasting so much paper and ink in the process D: Thanks!

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Yikes! That sucks! Sorry to hear you're having issues. It might be hard to explain just in this comment, but I usually have my double page spread in one image file. I then decrease the canvas size by 50% so only half of the page is visible. Then I print that. Then I undo the canvas size change and then decrease it again by 50% so the other side is visible. That way, both sides of the spread get printed without me having to do much guesswork. Oh, and I make sure to click the "print to paper size" option so that it resizes automatically. Does all of that make sense? I should do a quick video about this eventually.

@MrRyan4896 3 жыл бұрын

@@helioscopepdx6666 Wow this actually makes perfect sense. Thanks so much for this advice. You're videos and art are great!! A quick video on this would be super cool!

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrRyan4896 I'm so glad we could help!

@zvonimirtosic6171 2 күн бұрын

Brush tips are destroyed during ink dipping and on-palette mixing. The only way to preserve brush tips in painting/drawing is to dip the brush sideways only. Your trick with the jar lid is neat, but the lid is too narrow and the bristles will bend and split to soak in the ink. I use a short glass test tube, or the so-called "self-capped centrifugal vial tube", with v-shaped bottom. Both cost a few $. Put ink in it, attach it at 30-40 degrees to your desk like you do with the lid, and then dip your brush in it. You will never destroy or bend the tip, it will be perfectly straight. While removing the brush from the tube, press the brush sideways against the vial walls, to squeeze out excess ink, which drips back into the vial. When all work is done, cork the tube; ink is preserved and stored.

@LQuatorze 2 жыл бұрын

What's the speed of the video while you're inking?

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

Most of the time it's sped up x2. So I'm definitely slower than you're watching most of this video!

@aFinalNote Жыл бұрын

I tried so hard to use the g nib but the ink flow just winds up failing me every drawing session. Think I'm gonna start practicing with the brush instead. Your line work is beautiful!

@kierhudson1328 5 ай бұрын

Try rotring isographs, they're expensive and you probably want to clean them every couple of months but they're like the inbetween of a fineliner and a g-nib, I've been using them since I was a kid and I still think out of all my inking supplies they're in the s-tier every time, just look after them that's all, its expensive if you let anything go wrong with them.

@jamescree6732 2 жыл бұрын

That was interesting. Is there a way to correct mistakes.?

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

I correct mistakes in Clip Studio (or any digital art program) after I scan it in. There's always white out or other white ink/paint tools you can use if you'd like to correct mistakes on the original page.

@TimeCodeMechanics Жыл бұрын

Damn, she out here using an old school technical pen. 😮😮😮

@dooomswear3034 2 жыл бұрын

Wait how do you draw on the paper before inking it looks like something like very dilute ink idk . What should I do when I mess up the inking process do you scane ur art before Inking

@SteveLieber 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like Leila is inking over blueline printouts of her pencils. To make a blueline, you either pencil digitally or scan regular pencil art, use Photoshop or Clip Studio to turn them light blue, and then print them onto bristol with an inkjet printer that can handle big sheets of heavy paper.

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

Here's a video of Leila using the printing technique Steve mentioned: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jdSefs93tsvHhqs.html

@Mockingbird7504 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for a dumb question, I am a complete beginner. It looks like your image is underneath the paper and you are drawing on the paper? Kinda like tracing, I guess. But if it is good paper, it would not be so transparent. So how did you get the images so pale?

@helioscopepdx6666 Жыл бұрын

It's not a dumb question! I opened my linework file in Clip Studio (or any image altering program would work), made the line work Cyan, dropped the opacity down to about 17%, and that way they printed very light on my bristol board.

@Mockingbird7504 Жыл бұрын

@@helioscopepdx6666 Ah, thank you so much!!

@ScotCampbellwindowpainter Жыл бұрын

We used rapipiograph pens in the 70's.

@daisylopezartist 3 жыл бұрын

What brush size was she using?

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Size 2. Thanks for watching!

@carmeloferro4434 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of brush/brand are you using?

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

I'm using Raphael brushes, Kolinsky Sable size 2.

@estebanjimenez2451 2 жыл бұрын

Hola grasias

@keleniengaluafe2600 2 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@mohdhussainisain9148 Жыл бұрын

Hy.. I'm from Malaysia. I like comic books very much.. But I don't know where to find.?

@helioscopepdx6666 Жыл бұрын

Hello over there in Malaysia! I wish I had knowledge about shops and libraries and where to find comics where you live. Where have you already tried looking? My first suggestion is reading comics online through library apps or buying them through Comixology.com.

@brodeyleembruggen9910 2 жыл бұрын

👩🏻‍🎨🔥

@sebastianleroux5169 Жыл бұрын

Troy and abed in the mooornin

@Omarcomics 2 жыл бұрын

Can I fix brush pen cuz it become frayed

@helioscopepdx6666 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, if it is possible I don't have the skill. I've tried to revive brushes before with hair conditioner but it hasn't worked like I wanted it to. I wish I had a solution for you!

@brodeyleembruggen9910 2 жыл бұрын

📙

@Chris_M_Romero Жыл бұрын

I want to say something about this video: it's exactly what I was looking for, but, the style you use is not what I'm looking for. I'm started to feel anxious because I've got to a point where is hard to find instructors for what I want to learn :(

@robertsyrett1992 7 ай бұрын

What's the deal with the pencils? they look like they are printed on.

@blackvic5157 3 жыл бұрын

Did you say ink? What kinda ink?

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

I use Rapidograph Ultradraw 3085 black India ink. Here’s a link but you might be able to find it cheaper elsewhere: www.draftingsuppliesdew.com/koh-i-noor-3085f-ultradraw-ink?VariantInventoryID=14380&feed=Froogle&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0-6ABhDMARIsAFVdQv9FmQ3Xmv9HWxTTSnBSOEZyaHB7bb8_3gMXjpTFddg6mbmQt0EK2EAaAnf0EALw_wcB

@kevinwhitelaw2859 Жыл бұрын

Your very beautiful I'm a comic book art to

@therealcapitanchile 3 жыл бұрын

THOSE STROKES, THAT WORKSHOP, I´M NOT WORTHY..THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!!

@helioscopepdx6666 3 жыл бұрын

Haha! You are most welcome. :) Thanks for watching!

@therealcapitanchile 3 жыл бұрын

@@helioscopepdx6666 thanks for inspiring and teaching us. please. let me know if i´m worthy, visit my channel and links..thanks again!!!

@steelbat54 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work. I don’t think it matters one bit what tools a person prefers. It’s the end result that matters. One of my favorite things to draw with is a ball point pen...

@fredguerra4336 Жыл бұрын

Love your instructions. But it's rah-pid-oh-graph. There's no extra "ee" sound in there. I've been using Rapidograph pens since the '70s, and they're amazing. Unfortunately, not many artists have hand skills due to computer use. Keep up the great work!

@helioscopepdx6666 Жыл бұрын

I don't know how I got in the habit of adding that extra "ee" sound but you're totally right! Thanks for watching!