Visual Narrative for Comic Books: Illustrate Your Own Universe
Inking
A course by Sam Hart , Comic Book and Storyboard Artist
About the video: Inking
Overview
“Now I will show you how to put the finishing touches to your artwork, working on contrast, light direction, and texture. ”
In this video lesson Sam Hart addresses the topic: Inking, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Narrative for Comic Books: Illustrate Your Own Universe. Learn to create your own fictional world through visual storytelling.
Partial transcription of the video
“Inking After all our hard work of pencilling pages, now is the time to cover it all up with ink. These are my materials. I'll be using the technical pens and the rulers for everything that is manmade, such as cars, buildings, trains, et cetera. And most of what I'll be doing is with a brush and ink. Various brush sizes for various contours and one big thick brush for solid black areas. I have one small brush specifically for using with white gouache for small mistakes and areas of stars. I'll need two cups of water, one for cleaning out the black ink brushes, and one for the whiting brush. ...”
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Course summary for: Visual Narrative for Comic Books: Illustrate Your Own Universe
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Narrative, Storyboard, Traditional illustration

Sam Hart
A course by Sam Hart
Sam Hart is an Anglo-Brazilian comic book artist based in São Paulo. He fell in love with comic books at a young age and has been reading, drawing, and writing them ever since. He has drawn stories featuring characters such as Robin Hood and The Power Rangers and had one of the graphics novels he illustrated adapted into a film starring Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron.
Aside from creating comic books of his own, Sam regularly teaches illustration and comic book art and is passionate about helping others create their own realities through visual narratives.
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