31 Inking Lessons That Will Make Your Comics Better! (Shorts Compilation)
Whether you call it traditional inking, classic inking, or analog inking, india ink on paper is still the most iconic way to draw comics and manga. In this sequence of 31 mini tutorials, originally released as a series of shorts for Inktober 2024, we break down the techniques, materials, and mindsets that will help improve your skills with dip pen and brush. Whether you're just beginning to experiment with liquid ink or you've been dabbling for years, there's something here for everyone.
Bad Ink Studios is an independent comic publisher and content studio founded on the principles of human-created art and a reverence for the storytelling and craft of comics, manga, and sequential art.
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Artist: Lydia Roberts
Scripts and Editing: Evan Schultz
Materials featured:
Tachikawa pen holder and No. 44 nib
Sable brushes
Dr. PH Martin's Black Star Matte india ink
Dr. PH Martin's Bombay india ink
Kuretake Shueki Vermilion Ink
Vellum-surface bristol board
0:00 - Sketchy Style
0:46 - Sketchy Style 2
1:38 - Boot Leather
2:24 - Flexible Nib
3:07 - Vellum Bristol
3:47 - Ink Wash
4:31 - Using Reference
5:13 - Cartoonish Simplification
6:00 - No Pencils
6:46 - Mixing Line Style
7:30 - Two-Color Inking
8:19 - Pushing Shadows
8:53 - Chaos Theory
9:29 - Noticing Small Things
10:11 - Background Detail
10:44 - Grunge Textures
11:28 - Pushing Shadows 2
12:15 - Drawing Everything
12:54 - Thinking Like An Artist
13:30 - Large Brushes
14:11 - Brush Inked Motorcycle
15:01 - What Pen?
15:53 - Going "Too Far"
16:39 - Drawing Your Favorite Thing
17:15 - Unexpected Angles
17:48 - Basic Principles
18:27 - "Bendy" Distortion
19:08 - Classic Style
19:52 - Double Sketch
20:41 - Full Color Inking
21:22 - Lydia's Thank You
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