Inking Tools And Equipment For Inking Comic Books

When considering the vast inking tools that there are available you have to have a basic understanding of the inking process and actually know which tools are best for the job. Is it going to be ink pens or brushes? or a combination of both ink tools? Usually a good way of finding out what pens and brushes are best is to just buy some of each and just go for it and experiment with inking methods on your drawings.

Fine line ink pens are a good alternative if you can't master the paint brushes with ink and there are some really great ranges of ink pens from the Manga Pitt pens and the Rapidograph ink pens which come in a range of tip thicknesses. On many drawings that you may want to ink you'll find that a mix of thin and thick ink pens work best on certain areas of your drawing that you want to show different line weights which look most effective on any illustrations.

The French Curve Templates are a solid and professional tool for artists and requires a little bit of further experimentation to draw smooth curves for swords and other curved areas within your illustrations or drawings. They come in a range of different sizes with oval stencil shapes too to draw more variety of curved objects.

With a bit of practice you can start to ink curved lines with precision with these simple yet effective inking stencils.

Black Sharpie markers are great for creating a permanent ink line on not just paper but other surfaces that you can ink too. Sharpies have been used for years by professional artists as they lightfast and waterproof and fade resistant making them the ideal ink sketching pens also.

Sharpies also come in different colors and look great for doing color proofs of art before going with digital coloring.

India ink is the preferred ink to use with paint brushes for painting in large areas of inked or black areas such as deep shadow and they come in small bottles for ease of dipping the paint brushes in. Additionally there are some dip pens which you can use with India ink too as the metal quills on these dip pens hold a small amount of ink per dip to really have a go at inking fine lines or cross hatching in the traditional comic book inking way.