Inking a Comic | Things New Artists Should Know
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Күн бұрынInking is the final drawing of a comic page. Here's ten things (and a couple of extra tips) that I wish I had known before I got started.
Note: I'm coming off a cold, so sorry for the vocal switches between baritone and dying bird. My camera also went out of focus halfway through. I'm clearly new to this.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:16 What Are Inks For?
2:36 Two Ink Philosophies
3:47 Choose a Light Direction
4:33 Vary Line Weight
5:27 Create Shadow Areas
6:14 Wield Straight & Curved Lines
7:13 Create Energy w/ Gesture
9:30 Design Your Backgrounds
10:57 Visual Hierarchy
11:59 Use the Invisible Line
13:05 Hatch Cautiously
16:08 Lean Back, See the Whole
17:13 Final Tips
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@HighShepherdLopes 6 ай бұрын
I learned more about drawing comics from merely 2 of your videos than I ever could watching the hundreds of videos from unfocuaed creators
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I appreciate that. Hopefully you and others get some real benefit from this channel.
@angebeth Ай бұрын
Me too! I'm so happy I found his channel. I've learned so much and I can't wait to start my story
@ito2789 8 күн бұрын
I loved your quote “a wonderful terror” to using ink over digital. So true.
@BionicRambutan 6 ай бұрын
Just so you know, the fact that you admit when you’re not good at something makes me trust you. So I’ll like and subscribe to your channel.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Well don't worry, they'll be plenty of that. I could fill many videos just describing my failings. But that may depress the viewer so I'll just sprinkle them.
@BionicRambutan 6 ай бұрын
@@jholtillus I agree 😂 But don’t worry, I’m pretty sure nobody expects you to do that. I’m just saying that I appreciate your honesty.
@niesiecankillyourfish7628 6 ай бұрын
the cross-hatching tip killed me 😂my friend wanted to improve her hatching and she asked me why i never cross-hatched and i legit told her it looks shit 99% of the time
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I'm using it a little more now, but years ago I did exactly as mentioned in the video and gave it up. It was making my inks worse because it was beyond my skill. Hundreds of comic pages later and I'm STARTING to reintroduce
@Wijo_Koek 6 ай бұрын
@@jholtillus a nice variation to cross-hatching is doing the cross-hatching with WHITE. So first the usual black hatching. Then do the cross-hatching with white ink (or paint). And preferably not at a 90° angle, but close to 45°. And start cross-hatching at the endings of the black hatching. Just my 2c..😌
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
@@Wijo_Koek that's a great idea. I'll have to try it
@AbrahamTena 20 күн бұрын
Your inking tips resume my last 5 years of inking learning lol thanks!
@vanillerygarden 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for explaining that I´m afraid to cross hatch. Sudden artistic death was not what I was going for in this life turn. Btw, you have one of the most delightful ways of teaching. It never seems like you are reading off from a script. Your way of narrating is natural and entertaining. You made me chuckle more than once and given the fact that I mostly finish people´s sentences in my head before they speak it, you took me by surprise with your jokes. Thank you for your teachings.
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
I appreciate it! It's a mix of script and improvisation, so hopefully there is some life to it.
@vanillerygarden 5 ай бұрын
@@jholtillus You have amazing reading skills. I did not notice any cascade jumps in your eyes that would have given away you reading off a script. Anyway, you sparked a giddiness in me that I haven’t had in years. Hence I avoided my sketchbook like the plague. But even the tiniest tips like sketching towards the light…man, I can already see a difference.
@IraKane 6 ай бұрын
Bernie Wrightson's work on the adaptation of Frankenstein novel blows my mind. Thanks for the video
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
That Frankenstein work by Wrightson is so superb it's among the greatest ink work of all time. I stand by it.
@AHJokerHA 6 ай бұрын
One of my favorite artists who ink would have to be Kentaro Miura, the author of Berserk. Definitely someone who leaned into the cross-hatching that I feel was very successful. I'm loving your videos, and they have been inspiring to play around with writing comics again.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I've been waiting to read Beserk until I find some hard copies, but you've given me one more motive. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
@Double400 6 ай бұрын
Miura's crosshatching is so iconic and instantly recognizable
@jasminreyes1278 6 ай бұрын
I just looked kentaro Miura up for the first time because eof this comment and oh my goodness that inking looks legendary! I 10000% agree with you
@SenseofNoneYT 5 ай бұрын
Agreed. RIP legend Kentaro Miura.
@ThePhantomCigar 5 ай бұрын
Yessir sensei Miura is a master and im glad he made berserk . I also recommend Boichis' seinen work like sun ken rock.The crosshatching is godly in that seinen manga . Its time consuming but damn do your characters look more powerful and filled with pure raw testosterone with all the intricate crosshatched muscles lol
@itendswithart5391 6 ай бұрын
I started drawing through comics. I'm going back to comics now that I'm older and I'm noticing some of the qualities that you mentioned in my work. Have a good day KZfaq.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Yep, most of theory is just finding a way to take what artists have already been learning by experience and trial and package it into comprehensible language. Hopefully even a new artist will hear a concept explained and it will connect with a germ of what they're already doing and help them expand it intentionally.
@jennielyra3694 5 ай бұрын
Me and my husband just recently started a humor editorial cartoon. He (completely untrained in art) draws the silliness in pencil. He has this raw, absurd style. Then I scan and digitally finish and ink it. I'm new to digital but have been an artist all my life. These tips are nice. Even though our style isn't very "dramatic," I will definitely put them in practice.
@JerryLecor 7 күн бұрын
Kim jung gi, boichi, and yoji shinkawa are top 3 for me, also great video!
@PedroLaraSalazar 6 ай бұрын
There are hundreds of videos that run over that "X# of tips to do Y and Z" this video was actually really good, I know, because I'm actually inking my own comics and yes, SOUND advice, really good and to the point, liked and immediately subscribed to this channel thanks to this video
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed! Thank you!
@Rozdlc 6 ай бұрын
When I started out inking, I was under the impression that most hatching was cross-hatching. I'd get so frustrated by the results and gave up trying. Now I think I might give it another go, without crossing lines. Also never thought to taper the lines towards the light, great tip.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I got that tip on tapering from Dave Finch! He does live streams of inking you should watch if you want a real tutorial in hatching.
@Rozdlc 6 ай бұрын
@@jholtillus I'll be sure to check them out, thanks!
@angebeth Ай бұрын
I agree, I thought the same thing a while back. Now I'm getting back into making my own comics, and I wanna improve my inking. This video is such a good start!
@darieuslegg 6 ай бұрын
Why are we talking about inking and not how you have an incredible VO voice! J/K. Thanks, this was super. As an animator who toggles back and forth between illustration , these principles are an epic reminder. Excited to check out the rest of your channel.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Chill1332 6 ай бұрын
Al Capp and Bill Watterson. I love the lineweight from those two guys. Great great thoughts. I actually started out crosshatching and stippling using pen when I was younger, doing realistic portraits and such. But I love the inking in comics so much better, honestly. I'm trying to add those pure black shadows into my work.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Bill Watterson is a stealth inking master. He would simply demonstrate it occasionally when he felt like it.
@mountainmiscreant 6 ай бұрын
I'm definitely gonna implement the invisible line.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
After I recorded the video, I suddenly realized I hadn't been using the invisible line intentionally as much as I should. So I'm going to practice what I preach and use it more too.
@N1C0707 17 күн бұрын
You're a great video maker. Im no artist but the reasoning and explanation for making artistic choices was fascinating here and was nice to watch
@veehoy4817 Ай бұрын
Never thought anyone could top Berni Wrightson……then I stumbled upon Franklin Booth. BTW great video….subscribed.
@jholtillus Ай бұрын
Wow I had not looked into Booth. Amazing. I'll spend some time studying this.
@KleiKarver Ай бұрын
Some of my favorite inkers in the world have to be Jim Woodring and Junji Ito. Both are able to get such ethereal and frankly terrifying results from ink. Their understanding of texture and composition baffle me and I want to achieve that someday
@v.salles5643 7 күн бұрын
Heyyyyy, i wasn't expecting to see a drawing i made on the video, i made the Napoleon cartoon at 2:49 !!!! That's great !!!!
@jameswoodend6029 6 ай бұрын
I strongly recommend Bernie Wrightson/ just copy small passages using a quill pen/u'll just learn so much/ start by copying his just straight line 1st/ it will give a flavor of spacing warning this is not easy to do but it is worth it to get it right/ u have to get yourself into the rhythm of the line
@chriskaufman2262 6 ай бұрын
I’ll tell ya what, you’re good at this. You should get an agent for voiceovers. I would listen to you describe food. Subscribed!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! I enjoy food as well, and describe it to my family, who flee in boredom.
@JuhaMakkonen 6 ай бұрын
Al Williamson, Massimo Carnevale, Alex Raymond, François Boucq and Victor de la Fuente.
@SenseofNoneYT 5 ай бұрын
I know this is mostly from a western Comics background but in terms of inking, people should check out Japanese Manga if they haven't yet. It can be a different breed sometimes because Manga is almost always in black and white. And I've seen some of them master how to draw such detailed panels while knowing how to make it readable. There are techniques to make elements in a panel stand out from one another even though they're all detailed and all in black and white. One of my favorite Mangaka is Boichi. He certainly does not shy away from hatching but oh boy, he's a master. There's a ton of jaw-dropping ink-work from his Manga. The way he details muscles with hatching is so intricate it's like he's sculpting in 3D with it. But then he can also use hatching to convey energy and motion. It's crazy. To anyone who hasn't seen it, you have to check it out. Even if you don't read his Manga (as it might not even be your cup of tea), just look up his artwork on Google. Specifically "Origin" or "Sun-Ken Rock."
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
I thought about venturing a bit into Japanese inking --but I think it deserves its own video and I'm not fully up on research there. So thank you for the recommendation! I'll look it up.
@SenseofNoneYT 5 ай бұрын
@@jholtillus There's also "Vagabond" by Takehiko Inoue. One of the most popular ones (understandably) is "Berserk" by the late Kentaro Miura. But Boichi is underrated. I'm not sure who to compare these to in the western equivalent since I haven't owned that many comic books myself. But I think I have seen comic book art similar to it.
@oriana87 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Those two philosophies are what I never understood so I mostly overdid everything and wondered why it looked messy lol. I really like Sorie Kim ink sketches, they feel very alive&clean and now that you mentioned they also don't have much hatching, sometimes none
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Sorie Kim seems to have a great grasp of weighted lines. Thanks for bringing her to my attention!
@JH-pe3ro 6 ай бұрын
My favorite inks are Alex Toth's - I just like how often he uses chiaroscuro for clarity. I haven't gotten a ton of experience on inking pages traditionally, but I've done my first few terrible ones and occasionally ink my pencil sketches. When I did attempt the pages, I was pulling out the tracing paper every two seconds to test what I was about to do, and I would heartily recommend that to beginners to help improve confidence. But right now I'm working with a hybrid digital approach. I break up my layouts into index cards(and I went big with these, 5x8" for everything, recently) to do pencils. Then I scan everything into Krita in batches, crop and composite them into panels, and begin inking using Krita's vector layer. That evens out the mixed scale and detail of the pencils into thin "dead" lines. To finish them, I copy-paste the vectors into Inkscape, which has much more advanced effects and editing functions and lets me start sculpting the line weights by brushing over them with the Tweak tool. I find that I maintain a nice mix of polish and energy with this - first making everything consistent, then making it "pop".
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I forgot all about Alex Toth. He would've been a great example for any number of things in the video --particularly the masterful use of DESIGN in his panels. He arranged the white and black in a way that leads the eye perfectly. Your process sounds extremely distinct. Sculpting line weights sounds like its entirely own artform.
@cannibaldotcom 6 ай бұрын
ive been drawing for about a decade but right now im in the planning stages for my first comic (wanted to make one for a while, never committed) im really glad i came across this video because im planning to do my comic in just black and white and (some) red, so i need to be able to show depth etc with just ink. this was super useful, thank you!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful! And if you've got a comic coming, stay tuned because I'll be giving my full experience from lettering/text all the way to printing and selling.
@megaloopholeable 6 ай бұрын
This is a great and concise video especially for those just starting out. Even for drawing (without talking comics), there's a giant well of knowledge he dropped in this video. Thanks Jordan, it's all about control and thought. nice
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@claudiavilleneuve7936 6 ай бұрын
Alessandro Barbucci is in my top favourites in term of comic artist who uses inks, followed by Alberto Varanda. Varanda’s inks are impressive for his mastery of rendering, but colours usually do his art disservice to my taste, while Barbucci’s light touch takes colour very well, and is even enhanced by it. 2 very different takes on inks but beautiful nonetheless. Just came across your channel and colour me impressed. Subbed :)
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Those two are VERY different. I looked them up and went over their work --Varanda is interesting because he's mixing high detail environments with low detail figures, and making them stand out by contrast. A really different take on the positive/negative space concept. And thanks for the compliment on color. That's the next video. It's among my greatest loves.
@fanfan67962 5 ай бұрын
hello, I'm a French cartoonist, and also a teacher in a cartoon school, I love inking but I sometimes have trouble finding the right words for the advice my students ask me for, I'm going to show them your video because I think you've found the right words, thank you ;)
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
Glad it could help! Thank you!
@mavericktheace 6 ай бұрын
Great teachings my friend. Subbed 👍
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@justin3ea5t38 5 ай бұрын
This video came to me right when I needed it. Thank you for this🙏🏽
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
Glad you got something from it! Thank you!
@NiRudraws 6 ай бұрын
My favourite inkers are Jorge Jimenez, Dan Mora and Alex Vede! Love their work!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I love all of those. Inks provide such a broad range of possibilities.
@dgoberna 6 ай бұрын
Many masters, but if I'd have to choose one it would be Sergio Toppi for his originality and playfulness
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Another commenter mentioned him too! Clearly I need to give him a substantive study.
@artofalexogle4663 6 ай бұрын
I think “finishes” is a better term for inks because it’s the finalizing of the line art.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
It's probably more literal, and also more accurate now that physical ink is not as universally the solution for that final drawing. But I have a feeling "ink" will hang around by tradition, just like "leading" for the space between text lines (having been originally accomplished with little blocks of lead).
@gastonyoung6391 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for taking your time to make this video. Truly useful advice.
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
Glad you found it helpful. Thank you!
@pixelscholar 6 ай бұрын
Wrightson of course, also Frazetta, and Mark Schultz. But I feel like anytime you talk about great comic illustrators in general those guys are a given. Someone I hear mentioned less often is Dave Stevens, creator of the Rocketeer. Seeing his work for the first time as a young artist was life changing. Who could have even imagined it was possible to hit such heights? I also grew up with Al Williamson's art in the Marvel adaptions of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and his amazing work on the Flash Gordon comic strips. All huge influences.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Great options. I need to give those names more attention.
@cookiemadison8529 6 ай бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to pass on your knowledge. I found it very useful.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Glad you did! Stay tuned for more.
@margaretannemuria7952 6 ай бұрын
I couldn't really say much about favorite ink artist but my introduction to the style, and has heavily affected my own when I was a teenager, would have been Kajo Baldisimo's work on the Trese series. I could always tell that it's his illustration due to reading so much of the comics.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I hadn't heard of him, so I looked him up...really interesting stuff. And someone who actually CAN crosshatch to beautiful effect.
@margaretannemuria7952 6 ай бұрын
@jholtillus I never thought abt how bad crosshatching looks until I watched this video. I guess Kajo Baldisimo has me spoiled :P Also, wonderful video you made. I already subscribed. I'm looking forward to more, especially on color.
@marceloterashima7246 6 ай бұрын
When I think about inking, I always remember Terry Austin' works, especially with John Byrne in the X-men!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Good stuff! He hits the traditional comic style with his own twist.
@KadinSketch 6 ай бұрын
This was a great video full of stuff I had to learn the hard way. The only thing I want to offer a counter take to is the "don't scribble it looks hairy" comment. I know that is the conventional advice handed down, but I see more and more professionals using little scribbles in their work. It usually looks ugly up close, but works in the whole.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I'd counter the counter with a basic argument for art principles generally. The advice you give to new artists are not the advice you give to advanced ones. The anti-scribble principle prevents new artists from making a common clumsy error. An artist with broad experience understands the purpose of the principle and may find ways to navigate around typical methods and achieve the same ends another way. For those starting out, it's better to pursue best practices, then through the course of following those practices, you'll come to understand their purpose and may even learn to break them effectively.
@RicDreamlandAvalon Ай бұрын
Really amazing advices, great video 👌🏻
@jholtillus 20 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@actpossum 6 ай бұрын
really helping with my sculpture tyty
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
That's the truly important takeaway here. Marble workers take heed.
@K.EdwardKlatt 6 ай бұрын
These videos are very insightful and You cover in minutes what other creators cover over hours of multiple videos.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Though what you're describing is probably a better way to get those coveted watch hours...but who has time for the editing?
@awakz100 6 ай бұрын
Great video and great series man 🙏 many thanks
@mehmetyhallac 6 ай бұрын
Grand tips.
@rumblefoxxdesign 6 ай бұрын
So glad you're putting these out Jordan - As you highlighted in another video the how to draw videos are plenty and many are high quality, but I have spent so many hours trying to find process videos outside of short speed art or very personal pieces, to help me understand more it's great to have found yours. I am a graphic designer who enjoys illustration and would like to do some comic book style stuff. Your videos have been so insightful and helpful so far. So thank you so much for these. Keep up the fantastic work.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm trying to address these in more general terms to get to the theory behind each stage. I'm glad that's proving helpful for people
@joseangelhernandez5274 3 ай бұрын
Clear explanation man this was helpful
@RFazor 6 ай бұрын
Just subscribed! What a magnificent, soothing voice!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@discostu851 6 ай бұрын
Such a great lecture on this topic!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@merk638 2 ай бұрын
I dig it. All great ideas and tips. When i teach i touch on a lot of these same points. I would disagree with the cross hatch idea though, but using it as sparingly as hatching. It's a tool like any other. Learn it. Play with it. Keep it in the toolbox. Cool stuff on this. Subscribed! I'll be back. Fav inkers.... Wrightson of course. JP Leon. Bill Sienkiewicz. Mignola. Jason Shawn Alexander. Chris Bachalo. Christoph Chaboute.
@jwjoelwilder 13 күн бұрын
Do you have examples of great digital inkers that could be mistaken for traditional ones? If you need to vary textures, cross hatching is great. If it looks bad try slightly slanted lines. The clashing lines add energy.
@MatthewPearce 6 ай бұрын
Just discovered your work because of this video. Love your thoughtful approach comic theory. You’ve made a new fan today
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Happy to have you. Always feel free to give thoughts in the comments!
@Chachi_JD 6 ай бұрын
Wonderfully detailed video! In depth and thorough! Thank you 💯🎨🖌️
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Make sure to come back for more!
@MichaelDaFonte 6 ай бұрын
Great video. Learned a lot.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@darioscomicschool1111 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@smokingcoolcat 6 ай бұрын
cool stuff!
@pn4960 5 ай бұрын
Accidentally stumbled on you ur channel, looks like I just hit the jackpot :) you have a new subscriber
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'll try to keep the videos coming in good quality
@odddrawingsandwhatnot 6 ай бұрын
The take away I get from this video is starting with simple and increasing detail and variety of technique as skill and style grows, which is good advice I think, but also doesn't quite capture that a lot of what is said here is highly style preference. For example, the back and forth "scribble-hatching" may not look good if you're going for one of the more realistic styles / western comic book styles as shown in this video, but it can work for other styles, such as more cartooney ones. It's just a matter of knowing when to use it and how to make it look right. Also, although I think it's good to remember that traditional inking is permanent, emphasizing that too much can make it too intimidating for people getting started, and make them too afraid to make any mistakes. At my university, we were shown an original Calvin and Hobbs drawing, and there was so much white-out on that page; both for corrections, as well as adding details and patterns over the spaces already inked black.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
For scribble hatching and other more stylistic concepts, frequently it's about knowing how to break rules well. i.e. What is the purpose of the rule, and how then can it be accomplished outside of typical methods? Opening ourselves to that possibility is a product of many years of learning. So in this video, I gave what I view as best practices --and those are always going to be debatable, as they are built on priority. Your example on ink is a good one. I use an exposure therapy approach on students to teach them to accept the reality of mistakes and not to fear it, despite the fact that some ink errors CAN be ameliorated (though many can't). Because when there's a limit to what you can say, you emphasize what you believe most valuable for the person hearing.
@robertstump7899 6 ай бұрын
Frank Cho's my favorite current working artist with inks.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Nice. I'll add him to my study list.
@Gootie29 6 ай бұрын
I like seeing John Buscema inked by Joe Sinnott and Alfredo Alacala. Sinnott inked him on Fantastic Four and kept the comic in line with the Kirby house style of bombastic action and science fantasy machines and vehicles. Alcala’s inks on Conan gave an old school illustration feel to the comics and reminded me of Hal Foster and Burne Hogarth
@rustellar 6 ай бұрын
Tite Kubo, author of Bleach, has such a distinctive style. He made me pick up inks. Thank you for the video and brush pack recommendations! All what's needed for a good start in one place.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I hadn't heard of him, so I looked him up. Really impressive stuff. I'll have to study him more.
@Quest4Tube 6 ай бұрын
Good job dude
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@SpiritusComics 6 ай бұрын
Good stuff Jordan. I just started writing my own book, with a view to illustrating and self publishing also. Would love a newbie intro video on the process of web tooning, formats and pitfalls etc. Cheers mate!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Definitely coming. I can, in the very least, give my experience with Webtoon, webcomic publishing, social media, i.e. "I tried this specific thing and here's what happened, good and bad." Thanks for tuning in!
@SpiritusComics 6 ай бұрын
One quick question, if you would - can you post the same content to multiple web comic platforms ?@@jholtillus
@nengelen 6 ай бұрын
You have a great persona and voice for this kind of content, thanks for the video and insights. I came across a channel called bloodforce and that guy is an amazing comic book artist/inker
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'll definitely have to look up Bloodforce
@anselmcs595 6 ай бұрын
That is immensly helpful, even for me as a dad who draws for his kids. I Also appreciate I love the artwork of @mapcrow (Kyle Latino), the RPG Artist. His Old Roads Map Zine ist endlessly evocative to me.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
I had to look up Kyle Latino --Amazing work! Adding him to my list to follow! Thank you!
@carlswanson8041 6 ай бұрын
I grew up in a family of artists and my personal tastes were affected alot by my father who loved R Crumb. Dad was a technical artist by trade but who also taught classical oils etc as did my mother.. I enjoyed many artists from those in heavy metal mags to playboy etc but when it comes to line work I loved Arthur Rackham fantasy art. but I was equally entranced by the scribbled Don Quixote of Picasso.
@nanthilrodriguez 3 ай бұрын
Best Inker Tutsomu Nihei See: Blame, Abara
@markmorte 6 ай бұрын
Ink's are part of the type of story. Graham Ingles , gothic horror, Will Eisner, film noir pulp , Josē Mūnoz , existential new wave cinema... The inking style determines the Genre.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Definitely plays a role. That's one reason it's sometimes to see a mashup --a type of ink expected for one genre that appears in another.
@d3nd3nd3nd3n 6 ай бұрын
Great video! =)
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@amos6235 6 ай бұрын
Kelley Jones' inks of Moench and Beatty's Batman. I have every issue.
@kaylenedawnbuteaufitnessbu2282 6 ай бұрын
I finished my graphic memoir of how I used my health and fitness knowledge to stop my mother with mild dementia from forgetting me. It's called Mom Remembers Me, and I'm figuring out how to publish it now. I got back into art while caregiving and encourage caregivers to do that to help with caregiving in my book. I used Photoshop for the pictures of my mother and myself and the background, Illustrator for some of it, and adobe fresco to draw other people. I put it all together with InDesign. I just started reading graphic books while caregiving and that's when I decided to make my memoir graphic. I love the idea of being a colorist digitally, but have no idea how to get into that. Do you have any suggestions for that? Is there a lot of competition or ???? Thanks for a good video. Your title of Inker is what caught my eye.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
That sounds like an interesting project --good luck with that. I've never tried autobiography in any form so I'm sure it comes with unique challenges. In terms of colorists, for the comic industry it seems to be largely a networking thing: you go to conferences, show portfolios to existing colorists and try to impress enough to get a recommendation. It is highly competitive. I've never done it myself though --that's just what I've witnessed. So take that with a grain of salt. I prefer to work on my own content and self-publish, so that's the arena I've fallen into.
@chriskaufman2262 6 ай бұрын
I’m an older guy that is learning to draw and ink traditionally for more of a hobby, but I like to challenge myself about being as good as I can be, My question or idea for a video tutorial is that I find when drawing a figure, the lines are the figure revealing itself out of the light (or white paper), but in a very dark scene, like Wrightson’s Frankenstein or a Batman night scene, the detail reveals itself out of the black. Digitally, you can cover an area in black and then add the detail, (I saw your instagram of Jordy and saw how you brought the light out of his hair by adding white, but in inking traditionally (and drawing) do you have any tips on how one should think about ‘the light coming out of the black’? Daylight drawing vs night drawing is almost like a flip in how you have to think about it, and you showed an example of this in your video. Thank you, I love your style!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Historically white on existing black ink is done with what is basically a very opaque whiteout (www.dickblick.com/products/zig-cartoonist-white-ink-30/?fromSearch=%2Fsearch%2F%3Fsearchword%3Dwhite%20ink%20manga). Though I am inexperienced with this. I just bought the linked product because I'm doing a graphic novel traditionally in the spring.
@BeOurBee 6 ай бұрын
You can also try scratchboard. It's a medium of white gesso board or clay covered with a uniform layer of black ink, and a sharp knife or tool is used to literally scratch out the ink and reveal the white underneath. So you're working the reverse of white-on-black. Not only are you then working on subtracting shadow instead of adding it to render the image, you also just can't escape winding up with a very different look compared to approaching the same image by drawing with ink on paper. Used to be used a lot by pulp illustrators for interior art, partly because it was easy to make corrections; just ink over the overly-exposed areas and scratch again.
@whimsylore 5 ай бұрын
Wonderful terror, loooool so true
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
I love the fear. Inking is adrenaline inducing.
@josephivenegas 6 ай бұрын
HEY IT'S MISTER THESEUS!!!
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
You better believe it
@lexmaun69 6 ай бұрын
this is literally a "Things New Artist Should Know" A lot of creators they started from "how they should they started" to quickly "look how good my art is and please follow me" its just a big lmao
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Hopefully I get to do both if I also do the first one as well as I can.
@LilaCruz 6 ай бұрын
Omg your voiceee
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
A cold gives a unique timbre. I promise the quality will decline from here.
@peterryczkowski 6 ай бұрын
Stephen platt
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Nice, I love the texture and grit look from someone like Platt.
@mech2159 5 ай бұрын
comment .
@jholtillus 5 ай бұрын
reply
@jeturpo 6 ай бұрын
Great content, but would you mind leaving your audio on mono, your voice being too far to the left threw me off a lil bit because the right feels so empty
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
Completely thought I had. I'll watch for that next time. Thanks for the heads-up
@KCComics 3 ай бұрын
"Yawn"
@hulksmash1357 6 ай бұрын
Jordan, your microphone, what kind is that? Seems to have great quality that omits back ground noise.
@jholtillus 6 ай бұрын
It's the Sontronic Podcast Pro Supercardioid. Solid microphone. I do run background dynamics in Adobe Audition before upload though, so that helps. It runs through a Focusrite Scarlett Solo.
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