thats cool...great job

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I see t3h easter egg! It appears to be in a chord of somesort in the background. Hmmmpahpahpah. Lovely tutorial, very helpful. I've been trying to get used to a brush pen that I got the other day. TT_TT any tips for using those?

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Brush pens you use them basically the same way that you do a brush, just minus the dipping of ink, washing bristles, etc.

The BIGGEST help I've had with inking is making sure the pencils I'm working over are clean and as tight as possible. Its really during your pencil stages that major highlights, line perspectives, shadows and such should be determined. That way it makes your inking easier *IMHO*.

Like, something I kind of should have mentioned in the tutorial, I learned when you're drawing something in perspective, the closer something is to you, the viewer / artist, the thicker the outlines on it will be. The further away something is, the thinner the line is *kind of think like how your eyes work. When something is closer to you, you see it clearer and bolder and with more definition. Something further away from you tends to either fade or blur. Your line density kind of depicts that.*

Its similar for lights and shadows.. something thats in direct light isn't going to have the same line density as that of something in shadows. The lines will be thinner when closer to light, slightly thicker when closer to shadows.

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Thank you ^___^ *bows*

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Waaa~~~ *o* You're a goddess! I've been having the most terrible time of my life trying to outline with normal pigment drawing pens... I'm definately going to try out brush inking now though (you've make it look too easy!). Would a normal round sable brush suffice or would it be better to get the one you've named here? I have an expensive one somewhere... ahaaa... And as for ink - I have a very very old bottle of white and india ink in my room somewhere (old as in, maybe 20 years old my dad gave me them) should I buy some more? Do they go off or anything? I've used them before and they seem okay...

I'd suggest adding those extra notes about line weight you just told * Loki-rei into the tutorial because they're very helpful - I'm sure a lot of people could learn from them.

THANK YOUUU~~~ *goes to dig for brushes*

*also goes to pimp this tut*

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It doesn't HAVE to be a number 2, or even a Kolinsky, that's just what I use. It was I was 'raised' on, in a sense *Kolinsky's were what was tossed into our starter kits at Joe Kuberts, and I've grow to fall in love with them. Its another reason why I take such good care of my brushes, those suckers are EXPENSIVE! XP*. But the Kolinsky's, in my experience, since they ARE made so well, they hold a point nicely, whic is what you need for inking.

Nnn... your ink SHOULD be okay. If there is any gunk or film at the bottom of it, you can just stir it up or pull it out with like a stretched out paper clip or something.

Heh, think I will add those extra notes . Just going to wait until AFTER my manga and supply shopping today *W00T for commisions! YAY! Money is good X3 *
Hmmm.. hopefully Barnes and Knobles will have some decent manga this time around? *drooling for book one of Prince of Tennis ^_^*.

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Ah, ok. I've had issues keeping the line that I make a steady line-- maybe my hand shakes or something? I've only inked two drawings with it so far-- the second one came out to my liking, but the first wasn't really up to par. So desu ne...*shrug* Thanks for you great advice...I'm going to try to take it to heart-- make a few skteches that I won't obsess over each little mistake on and try to ink those. Hoi...I should invest in some white ink. Or a sepia pen or...*rambles for a while*

Thanks again, and yay~! Cookie! *munches and gives you sushi*

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Gai: "Youth is sweet and sour and sometimes strict Kakashi"
Kakashi: "Did you say something"
Gai: "Oh my god!!! That was pretty good rival Kakashi. That reaction is somewhat 'modern' and it pisses me off."

Yay!! I'll keep this in mind. :3

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Try =ayuICHI.

This is so incredibly useful to anyone interested in non-pen inking but can't draw a straight line for beans on the PC @_@

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Heh, thank you!
Brush inking, in my opinion, is just a little easier, faster, smoother, less painful on the hands, and one can ink an entire page with one brush whereas pens mostly require having to use more than one *unless the inking nib is really good and doesn't break and bend after too much pressure*.

Pluuuuuus... I just found this out today... if you have someone helping you out like an assistant just to get the bigger solid black areas filled in ahead of time, they can easily take the brush and fill in those areas with no problem ^__^.

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