practicing my inking style on autodesk sketchbook
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Leland Beckworth Morris
ive been trying to practice my inking style on some random pencil work from pintrest and i wanted to get some opinions on what ive done so far
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Patrick Bosworth
Hey @Leland Beckworth Morris , nice ink! I love Joe Madureira’s work! Your Spidey looks awesome! I think you did a great job with the costume, and the web sling!! You got a lot of Joe’s bold and bouncy thick to thin contour lines, and it looks great! Be careful of the logo on Spider-man’s chest, it’s getting lost in the inks. His emblem is an iconic part of the costume, so you always want to prioritize clarity there. Something else to keep in mind is line weight hierarchy. Objects with the thickest line weight are closer to us, objects with thinner line weight are further away from us. The debris right over Spidey’s head is the same line weight as the web in the costume, and the hand of Spider-Woman so it all looks the same. Her hand looks like it’s part of the debris. Under Spider-Man’s arm the line weight of Spider-Woman pins her directly to his side. It looks like she’s growing out of his ribcage. Joe Mad’s work has heavy contour around each character, but you have to still balance them with each other, making contours gradually thinner as they recede into the picture so you get a separation of depth, and between characters. The portrait on Wolverine is lost in the inks entirely. His contour line weight is the same thickness has Spider-Man so they become one object. You can black out certain areas for effect if it’s your own work, but if you’re inking over someone’s pencils you want to keep as close to the original lines placed by the penciler. You especially don’t want to lose the face or hands of your main characters, they’re the most important storytellers of the figure. The blue line you’re inking seems a bit small and compressed, so you may have had difficulty keeping your line work balanced at such a small resolution. I attached a higher res version of the pencils. Work digitally as if you were working with traditional media. In your software create an 11x17 inch 300dpi or higher document template to use for inking, and resize your blue lines to fit at that size. Take a look at this lesson from the Drawing Basics course, it will give you a good look into the various ways you can organize your line work with Line Weight! https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-draw-with-line-weight/ Check out this inking lesson from Mark Morales in the Marvel course! https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/bring-your-pencils-to-life-with-ink-comic-book-inking-part-1/comments Hope this helps! 
Keep up the good work!
Michael Giff
Looks great to my eye. (Be warned it's an untrained, amateurish eye) The Wolverine face may have a tad too much black on it but honestly it really depends on what irritation of the character your trying to capture. A lot of artist drew him quite monstrously during the 90s and early 2000's so spotting the blacks there work quite well for that vibe. I personally prefer the 80's Logan, when he had the more rugged/unconventional handsome face, but you know to each their own as they say. Thx for sharing always nice to see folks aspire to comic greatness.
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