Ara....Need some expert artist opinion and stuff.

MeultimaSama · Post by **MeultimaSama** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 7:55 am

I decided to get a good black inker to ink my lines. But what do you all use? Gelpens? Felt-tips(The really thin ones or pointed ones?)? Ball pens? Fountainspens? o_o; And I really don't know what manga artists use aside from a brush and indian ink either.

Err...I hope someone understands that.

*Eyeshifts left and right, before breaking into a run*

Elk · Post by **Elk** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:42 pm

Well, if you even go into a school supply shop, they have fine tiped pens for art. I recomend those, but the only bad thing about them is that you need to leave the picture to dry for about 10 to 20 minutes, so you wont smudge them upon scanning.

Cherry//CoRuPtIoN AnGeL · Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:43 pm

Professional manga artist... That happens to be my goal in life, so let me share with you what I know.

To do simple lines, you really need to get a Sakura brand Pigma Micron pigment ink marker. They come in a variety of thicknesses and give you a crisp, black, clean, and professional-looking line. (Oh and they dry instantly) I use them myself. They're easy to miss, but you can find them in the same isle as the fancy paper in an art store such as AC Moore of Micheal's.
Now, if you want highly detailed, very thin, and very crisp lines for say patturns or to do the eyes, then get a special inking pen. By that, I mean get a 'quill' pen with a metal tip. They also have different thicknesses, but you should get the finest one you find. I love these pens because the thickness of the line depends on how hard you push down.
For inking pens, I really recomend indian ink. Or waterproof black ink if you can't get the other kind. Waterproof ink can run if you color with markers. (I learned this the hard way since I use copic markers to color.)
My last advice is not to use these things on rough paper. Get the smoothest kind you can find. Rough paper like sketch paper does NOT scan well. ^^;;
None of these things are really that expensive. The markers go for about $2 each and last a really long time.

I hope this helped you a bit.

YashaOokami · Post by **YashaOokami** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:08 pm

I just go to one of the art stores we have here.I bought three different pens,with each havin different points.Mainly for those hard to draw small places [eyes,nose,buttons,necklaces,chains,etc]without having a regular size point of a pen smear all over it.

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:05 pm

ZIG MELLENIUM MEMORY PENS!! ^__________^

I use them. They come in a pack with different sized tips, from iiiiitty bitty to rather big. And they're REALLY useful @_@ I usually see them at Hobby Lobby ^^v

Spike Spiegal · Post by **Spike Spiegal** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:13 pm

Hobby Lobby? Where's that? Show meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!11!!!!onetwo!!1!
*pulls on her shirt*

Duskino · Post by **Duskino** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:18 pm

Uh ... X.x; *shrug* Unless you live where I live, I dunno.

Spike Spiegal · Post by **Spike Spiegal** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:21 pm

Nevamind, I found a set of 5 pens, .20mm, .25mm, .35mm, .45mm, and .65mm for 4 bucks plus shipping.

MeultimaSama · Post by **MeultimaSama** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:58 pm

Ahh....Need to go look around some more...And I've only got around 4 dollars left. x.x; Anyways thanks for the info...d00ds!!

Seagret · Post by **Seagret** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:01 pm

Hey, Hobby Lobby pens. I used to have a pack of those. Unfortunately, by the time I actually felt like using them for something useful, like drawing a wizard riding a unicorn over a rainbow in space, I'd lost 'em. These are the days of our lives. Copyright, trademark, two-thousand-three.

middletails · Post by **middletails** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 1:51 am

Someone mentioned Sakura Microns and that's what I use to ink all my stuff. I sometimes use Copic multi-liners but like all Copic products, they're a little bit expensive.

Black ball point pens work quite well too. That's what I inked my .hack_collage_junk.jpg with....

Wavemaster Minka · Post by **Wavemaster Minka** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:49 am

I use the Sakura Pigma Micron pens most of the time, but other times I use Speedball pens/nibs 'n stuff like that(Speedball is a really good brand for things like that). For about $10, I got 3 pen bodies and 7 nibs(I bought 2 different packages ^^; ). They're really really nice pens ^^;

And also, French Curve rulers are a good thing to have when inking. ^_^; When inking curves, you rotate them until you find a side matching the curves, and you use the rulers as something like a stencil ^^;

MeultimaSama · Post by **MeultimaSama** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 8:44 am

Hey, I noticed a box of Farber~Castell 'techincal' pens, along with some black ink. They look -really- like they have syringe for heads....Are those the same like the ones people here are talking about? Said set comes with tips of 0.5, up to 0.1....

Xebexz · Post by **Xebexz** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:29 pm

I use a simple art pencil for drawing in very thin lead, I then take my magic eraser thing from Michaels and lightly erase all the lines, so they are faded, I go over everything with a Bic felt tip, and the details with some weird no-drip fountain pen lightly, if it's shading, I use charcoal usually, which isn't so anime like, but still perrttty!

As for technical pens, I'm not really sure about but the technique I just explained works good for me, not sure for you. ^_^