Creating Comics with Compelling Visual Narratives
Inking
A course by Reilly Brown , Comic Book Artist
About the video: Inking
Overview
“Let's break out the ink to put the finishing touches on the drawings! You will learn how to use line weight, contrast, shade, and texture to make your pages look exciting and dramatic, while still being clear and readable. ”
In this video lesson Reilly Brown addresses the topic: Inking, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Comics with Compelling Visual Narratives. Transform your written narratives into comics using the art of visual storytelling and character-building techniques..
Partial transcription of the video
“ Inking In the last lesson, we penciled our pages by putting in the perspective and environments. In this lesson, we'll ink our piece. We'll start the inking process by taking a 08 tech pen that we'll use to rule in the panel borders. I like using a 08 for this because it's thicker than other pens. It will give a nice definitive border around the panels. Then, I'll take a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and use that to go around the outlines of the characters. I like this pen because it gives me control over the line weights I use to outline the characters. I can do things like playing with thick ...”
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Course summary for: Creating Comics with Compelling Visual Narratives
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Character Design, Comic, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Reilly Brown
A course by Reilly Brown
Reilly Brown is a comic book artist based in New Jersey, United States. A superfan of comics since childhood, he started self-publishing his own work in 2002. His career took off after that, collaborating with publishers like Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse, Archie, and Tantor Media on recognizable titles such as Deadpool, Spider-Man, Incredible Hercules and Lobo, and Batman. He’s known for his pioneering work with digital comics, having worked with Comixology to launch his creator-owned series Powerplay on mobile devices. He’s an active part of the comic world, making frequent appearances at conventions and comic book stores.
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