So, the next step here is the inking part.
This one and depending on how detailed you made your under drawing,
can be really fast or it could
be a little more time-consuming because this is when you really have to
be focused on the details and the layering so
you want to make sure that you're comfortable with
what you've drawn because the ink is not,
you can't erase it.
So, every line counts but do you know what?
Don't worry because you got your white out which I use a lot so,
it's okay if it's not perfect.
But now, we're going to do the inking stage and after the inking,
we're going to do the scanning and digital part.
Now, there's no science where to begin exactly,
but I tend to draw what is on top first because it's like,
for example, if Tanpopo's hair on her face,
it's above her eyes,
so I tend not to draw things that are on
the three-dimensionally like whatever's on the bottom layer first.
So, I'm going to start with Tanpopo's hair.
We're just going to draw this and.
If you're using a pencil,
you're under drawing if it's too thick you can slightly erase it,
so you just use your eraser to go over it very,
very gently because you don't want to smudge anything too much.
So that it maybe helps to uncover some of these layers that you've drawn.
Then use your brush so you just wipe it away.
If you're using the non-repro blue pencil,
you don't have to do that.
It's pretty definitive as an under drawing.
All right, so now what I tend to do is put a very light amount of pressure on my bic.
I actually do light bic drawings first and then I'll go back in with
my other pens when I want to do
more defined outlines or for example like her eyelashes and, I'll show you.
For right now, let's just concentrate on the first stage of the inking,
which is just to get the shape.
Now to keep yourself motivated,
I know you guys can as I'm doing this lesson I don't have my headphones in,
but usually I will be listening to
an audio book or some great music just to get you in the mood.
So try that when you're drawing to keep your energy levels up.
Yeah, I remember when I first started drawing comics,
I was really into J-pop,
so I would constantly listen to as much as J-pop as I
could and then as my musical tastes changed
I started listening to all sorts of different genres and
a really amazing one to listen to you while you're drawing and it gives you
a real clarity is classical music, believe it or not.
I absolutely love listening to Mozart and Beethoven.
You can go on YouTube and get like the greatest hits.
I have to say this, when I'm drawing I was drawing the parts I like the best first,
so her hair and the wings. I can't help it.
I know I should probably focus on the more difficult parts first but I like to do
the fun ones and then I'll focus on the harder parts.
This is something because I use a bic pen I have
a little piece of paper that I just clean my bic with.
So, Bics tend to get a little bit of build up when you use them,
so you just clean them off on a little spare piece of paper.
Manga is all about, they're very detailed,
but they don't have a lot of expression lines,
so lips, depending on your style,
they're often not drawn in by a manga artist
or like dimples and the characters are very smooth.
So you don't want to add too many details.
One thing about manga artists is that they tend to give
their characters really dramatic haircuts.
Anytime you read Naruto or Bleach you'll
see they've got some pretty gravity defying hair.
I know Kuro doesn't use gel but if he was a real boy he would.
There's no way to have that kind of like style without gel.
Again really light strokes.
We can see that my brush or my pen stroke isn't continuous.
I'm just defining it first and then when you get into
those areas like this just small little pen strokes.
So it's also okay that when you're drying,
if you're unsure about something to get a second opinion.
I know that when I was first starting out I
really appreciated when people give me critiques and sometimes it's
really difficult to hear that you really know you've drawn something wrong or
that you've made a mistake and it's totally normal to feel nervous about that.
So now I want to draw Tanpopo's feet.
Tanpopo is always barefoot because I tend to really like during feet.
But if you're not comfortable with drawing feet,
that's okay too. They're difficult.
Now I'm just going to move back to her hand here.
I'm going to redraw the hand.
Hands so are the hardest part for me to draw.
So don't worry about it if you guys are having a hard time too.
Everybody has their weakest part.
So normally I would have my laptop in front of me and I'd be able
to take pictures and I would manipulate my pose
so I can see how temple will be clutching and how cool are we
holding something because I've never actually 'mdrawn them before.
So I'm going to try to struggle through this here.
So the way Kuro would hold her would be very gentle.
I would imagine and
her hair flows around it.
So, as you can see,
I'm jumping from back to the previous step but it's okay,
nothing is really finite.
So I tried to draw Kuro's hand with
his fingers out but I don't really like that look so can I can just erase that.
Now I want to actually establish Tanpopo's other hand,
which I think she would be holding it like this.
So we're just going to curl that in.
Okay, so now draw Kuro's hand here.
So, we're almost done.
The inking part and now what I'm going do once I'm finished
this is erase it so we can see what it looks like and then add more details.