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PEN INKING TUTORIAL
Published: 2008-05-03 22:06:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 58803; Favourites: 1355; Downloads: 2303
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In this quick tutorial I show how I ink and go about using a Sakura Micron Pigma Pen. Score them at your local art shops.Related content
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Aw, and I thought I was going to watch inking with squids. Damn it!
Sorry, sarcasm and caustic humour aside, I promise to sit and listen quitely. ... Kinda.
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nice tutorial :} hmm have to by new inking pens... mine are running out to >,< ...... Happy tree XD
keep upp the good work
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Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
You have no idea how useful is this to me
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once again a big thank you for that one, but still, could we have the honor to have a FEMALE FACE TUTORIAL (I definetly have issues to draw gorgeous lips and kinky eyes and i don't want to do make up on me with a mirror.. doesn't fit my 3 days beard...)
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haha... i know someone who draws straight to ink....... crazy sonof a.... >:[
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out done yourself, didn't expect you to go into inks, next thing you might do comic frameing and layout, or coloring.
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You have some beautiful lines, good sir! Your tutorials are so helpful especially since we can actually see how you go about laying down your lines. I actually gave up on pens a while back to go with the brush, but seein' this makes me want to pick em up again!
Again, really great stuff. Also, now I know what those silly french curves are for!
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San, You are a god among men. Great tutorial. So when your done with these short films, you should combine them into a cd and sell that stuff. Like printing your own money....Cant wait for the next one...
Still sketching!
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These vids are quick clips for all here on DA. I'll be doing something a bit more clean for the final DVD. It'll go more in depth and you'll get to see more Tips and techniques
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sweet deal man. I know everyone says it but it is much appreciated what you are doing. I dont even get this much knowledge from the art institute...
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Yeah, it's funny 'cause when I was taking art classes here in Florida I had two instructors, one which had worked for Disney, dunno what he did but he claimed it 
I just didn't care for it. Yet they thought my sketch book was crazy and one of the instructors wanted me to teach for a day, lol, he wasn't joking either. I turned it down. I was just too shy. My class mates were down for it as well but I still said hell no. lol.
Anyone can draw, they just have to want it and 2 they just have to follow a few simple steps. It all depends how it's broken down in levels. I guess I should talk about that in the next video. I was kind of jumping around in the vid clips
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sounds good. learning little things here and there. mainly computer skills which will help because for now I am getting into Graphic design for budwiser. Guess its a step, not in comics or cartoons but at least i still get to draw.
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heey... that's not nice..... i've known a friend who inks my crappy pencils and makes 'em look GODLIKE.... inkers are very respectable artists in their own account....
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i mean no disrespect, seriously, i WISH i could ink my own pencils as well as most inkers out there. i just find it funny to call them tracers (mostly cause of Chasing Amy. never seen it? see it.)
[link] (the scene that makes me laugh every time)
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I love that scene, especially the part where he said "I'll trace a chalk line around your dead body!"
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Your MOTHER'S A TRACER!!!! Thank you for putting in that link, I think I'm gonna see that movie!
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haha... THAT movie 
haha... we're cool... i wasn't even mad
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I love using microns as well, their brush tips give such a smooth finish, I'm addicted to them.
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Ah, good old microns. I use them as well, they last quite a while if cared for properly and have such a smooth inking to it because of their brush tips, I also like that it comes in a lot of different sizes.
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how does one care for a marker properly?
I bought a pack of microns a few months back and they were terrible. And this was right after I opened the pack, not like I left them open for two days...
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Great video, I'm a slow and wobbly inker, but I'll definitely try to practice this way of doing it
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I just keep mine in a container and make sure the lids are on tight, I bought mine in packs and never had a problem with any of the ones I've bought.
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I bought another brand and it works really well. I do like that microns come in different sizes, but now I'm hesitant to buy more because the idea that they may or may not work doesn't appeal to me 
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Be sure to cap them, of course, and standing them up point down helps keep the felt moist. If you have one dry out on you, dip the tip in a cap of ammonia (careful!), draw with it until the ink is somewhat flowing, cap it and stand it point down. Should work fine within a few hours after a few test scribbles.
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Ive been told lighter fluid works as well.
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no prob, after all, microns aren't for everyone, there are many types of inks and pens that different artists use, I know a couple of comic artists who use brushes to ink.
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Hey Steven,
thank you so much for taking the time to pos these tuts... I am learning a lot from them and I can't thank you enough for the help you're providing.
And your sense of humor in the videos, bom badabom, is simply great
so thanks once again^^
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Inking scares me. I've been trying for a few weeks now with prisma markers but I find I hate how it turns out. I think it might be because I don't throw down my pencil lines so it's hard to throw down inking.
Anyways, thanks for the awsome tut. It's so much easier to learn when you can see something rather then just reading it.
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Sketching more will aid you in confidence build up. Takes time, you're not gonna be a pro over night, so if ya wanna do it, you'll spend the time for it
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I have that eraser and the pens for a couple of years, don't use the eraser nomore since my dog chewed on it and doesn't work good, anyways the lowest on I have is a .1 I couldn't find .05. I have bad penmen skills so I don't use it anymore I just trace hard.
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hey thanks this help alot once again. and i use microns on all my pic. but right now i neet to get some more because mine are almost out of ink
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my ipod is loaded!!!
i learned so much from this one! didn't know that microns were so versatile.
will you have one on inking with a brush?
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Yeah later down the line
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iv tryed inking myself.....im kinda por so i think iv owned a real inking pen ones....but defenitly something i want to get into.......
love all your tutorials, keep up the good work Steven
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Why don't You sketch with a blue pencil? Which don't come along in the bitmap-scan? Then You don't need to erase at all!? Love Your Tutorials!!!
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Don't like using a Blue Pencil. I likes it old school
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Man we have totaly diffrent styles. I draw the entire pieace first with no dynamic lines and then go in and flesh them out... bad habit maybe im trying to stop doing that.
And yeah devart is bugged now, my newest deviation dosent show up in my gallery either
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There's no real said method of inking, you can lineart the whole image if you feel comfortable doing that then adding line weights, that's totally fine as well
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I call it putting down skinnies and them turning them into faties^^
You forgot one important thing about inking... bleed proof paper. So very very important if you want to do anything with detail
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Um, Bleed Proof paper, understand this, once you ink, you mainly can ink on ANYTHING and WITH ANYTHING. I've seen certain people ink on Napkins and make it look amazing! It's all about how you handle the pen. I guess it's a Matrix thang ^^
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Really, maybe i need to stop using cheap liners. It made it very hard for me to do any details before.
Man your up late/early
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Me? What about you being up late/early LOL
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8 hour time differance old man
now go be useful, draw some large chested ladies j/k
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Sweden? Tell me do people there really talk like the chef from The Muppet Show? I was always curious about that.
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ive never actualy heard the swedish chef... but most other people do thing we sound weird
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Really, here's a Link, he's one of my Favorites from the show, [link]
Take a look see!
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