what is inking in illustration.....
2006-06-29 23:32:49 · 3 answers · asked by d_ g 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
it involves going over the sketch with ink, but also can include the shading of the artwork. black and white comic books are inked. its considered quite a skill because of limited amount of colour used. there are also different styles to it. japan, england and america have three quite distinct styles of inking.
2006-06-29 23:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by the man 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Inking is the process in the production of comic books or illustrated graphic novels where a preliminary pencil sktch of a scene is "inked" over. This means the pencil lines are selectively traced over to enhance their qualities with ink (or more commonly a marker these days) and sometimes (but not always) the spaces defined by lines can be washed in or filled with ink. In a color comic or illustration the process can be taken further by the application of color wash or fill. A lot of this process was once done manually using special graphic pens and brushes, but now most of this process is done digitally on a computer. The pencil sketch is scanned, and then color and ink are appled in computer programs. I know the woman who did a lot of the inking and coloring for "Elfquest", and she worked on a Mac using Photoshop to apply color.
2006-06-30 08:37:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like tracing. Going over the lines so they're darker
2006-06-30 06:36:23 · answer #3 · answered by smsgreaves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋