Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor
The Initial Inking
A course by Chuma Hill , Illustrator
About the video: The Initial Inking
Overview
“Let's start with the first step! In this lesson I will show you how to ink the contour lines of the illustration with calibrated markers.”
In this video lesson Chuma Hill addresses the topic: The Initial Inking, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor . Learn to use watercolors, ink, pencils, and adhesive tape to illustrate colorful characters with volume, texture, and movement.
Partial transcription of the video
“The initial inking In this lesson we will perform the initial inking of our piece. Remember that if you made the sketch on normal paper it would be convenient if you transferred it with light table or other medium to watercolor paper To start work. Remember that when inking we are going to work from the top to the bottom to avoid problems with the initial inking. In this part we are going to work with a 0.3 mm calibrated marker which will serve us to give the contour line of the entire drawing. If you look closely, you see that I follow an order from top to bottom at the time of inking, but...”
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Course summary for: Fantastical Characters with Ink and Watercolor
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Category
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Areas
Character Design, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting

Chuma Hill
A course by Chuma Hill
Illustrator Chuma Hill is a curious character, always looking to learn new things, with a passion for drawing for as long as he can remember. His style is the fruit of lots of trial and error and investigation to achieve a range of aesthetics, and has come to be defined by fluid lines, empty spaces, and vibrant colors.
He has worked as an illustrator primarily for private collectors but also publishing houses in the USA as well as nationally, and has exhibited his work in various art studios. He's illustrated covers for comics including Deadly Class, Hell Sonja, and Swamp Dogs. He also published his own artbook with Ominiky Ediciones and collaborated with Tachyon on the book Falling in love with hominids.
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