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Can you give me tips on shaky and broken lines in lineart? Another thing as well, how long did it take you to be decent with the ink pen?
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Thanks so much for doing this tutorial!Β I am trying to transition from pencil to ink and this was a great help.
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Wonderful tutorial. I've always had trouble inking.
Is there a special type of eraser you need to use so it doesn't smudge or dullen your ink lines?
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Honestly, I don't believe there's a special type of eraser. Β I prefer white ones because they don't leave any pink residue and I've found kneaded erasers to pull the ink at times, but there are pros and cons to every eraser. Β Just give your ink some time to dry before you attempt to erase your pencil work.
A helpful tool for traditional inking is actually a light box. Β It lets you do your sketch work on one piece of paper, place another on top and do your inking. Β I've never owned one though.
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"Be fearless. Mistakes mean you're learning!"
Great advice! I'll have to quote you on that sometime.
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This is an old tutorial lol. I was just using printer paper.
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what's pigma micron?
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I'd also suggest getting some nibs to try out. Such as the hunts 102 crow quil and the g-nib.
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Thanks a lot!
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This is great. I'm glad that you did one on traditional inking. So many things have gone digital that I think a lot of people don't traditionally ink anymore. I personally must ink things before even going digital from there.
Thank you for sharing that!
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Can a sharpie and/or some regular ink pens work as long as the ink comes out in a fluid form (like ballpoint pens?)
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Ballpoint pens will smear and sharpies will feather. I highly suggest investing in some inking pens.
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any that don't require buying a bottle of ink?
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The pens I have listed in the tutorial don't require buying a bottle of ink.
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oh good now I just gotta get some >.>
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I JUST bought these pens the other day! 
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Awsome, but i would like to learn more about your line variations and how you use them and when to use them.
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Thanks so much for this tutorial. I've been fighting with my pens for a while now...at least I have the ones you mentioned!
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A good tutorial. Simple but effective tips and good reference pics. This helped me a lot
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Pencil very gently so you don't have to erase too hard when you complete your lines. Also look for a more porous paper. Paper that's slick (like bristol) lets the ink be erased. Also, if you have a free photo program, you can always darken your lineart using that when you scan.
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You can still enhance your finished product using photoshop. I don't see any shame in lowering your darks so your lines turn out as dark as you'd like.
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I go over them with ink as a personal preference. That's the difference between a pencil drawing and an inked drawing.
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