Inking Process: Pen vs. Brush

Here are some of the materials I used in this video:

[G.G.-ntmi]

Your art is even more fantastic because you also play bass!

[AmbietsRato]

I totally love working with a maru (hard) mapping nip.

[DarkTider]

Oh wow, you actually convinced me to try out a brush, and see how it goes, though im still terrified of mistakes, compared to doing it digitally

[jonmahashintina]

the longer my lines need to be the more sporadic my line weight tends to get, so the nikko mapping pen is good to counteract that for me.

[ComicsOdyssey]

Thanks, Thomas. This is arriving to me at just the right time in my artistic growth process. Your explanation of each process is helping me be clearer about what my tasks are at each step of making a comic.

[bgaston]

Great comprehensive inking video tom!! 👍👍

[dancingdog]

Beautiful work. Very inspiring video, Thomas. Thanks for presenting this!

[ManosTsakas]

nice video. i d like to make a video on how we can maintain and clean a brush. would be very helpful

[MatoCreates]

you are amazing teacher, besides being an awesome artists :)

[blueoceans]

Thank you for your Amazing Video Thomas can you make one of your thoughts about coloring in images or how which colors work better together again thank you 🎨🖌️

[badicecream]

Wow, that was great: ) So cool to see the close-ups of you inking, and esp. getting the super tactile feel. That scratching sound was oddly meditative too. Ha ha. What was really cool to see was how much you made the nib-inked version pop by just a few accents w/the fude pen! That was like a magic trick. What exactly are you thinking about when you make those kind of choices, to make an accent here rather than there, and then BAM, it's done? That was fantastic. It made me love that version the most. The variety of textures was so subtle that it made the drawing seem suddenly alive.

[trickyfingers]

Same inking can be done with the pen but it would just take more time.

[woodoo]

Instead of a maru pen + fountain pen, why not a Gpen from the beginning ? You would have thin/ thick lines variations.