Are you terrified of traditional inking tools and techniques?

Are you so intimidated by traditional inking that you have given up and resorted to markers, brush pens and computer "inking?"

Have you ever wondered how the work of the great inkers never seem to look messy or ugly?

Have you ever felt defeated enough to say, "I could never do that."?

None of the masters of classic inking were born being able to ink clean and expressive pages—I know because I learned from them. To teach this magnificent art, I’ve put together visually rich lectures, demos, and tested exercises, so that you too can master inking with a brush and other traditional tools.

This class is based on decades of drawing and seven years of teaching in person classes at the Sequential Artists Workshop.

The class will break down inking into manageable chunks. You’ll learn techniques, tricks, and methods that will give you the confidence and control to get in there and ink with real brushes and real ink on real paper! 

In particular, I know how to help you if you’ve...

...Ever wondered why your inks look like holy hell, sloppy and ham-fisted?

...Ever been terrified of bringing a brush to your page for fear of ruining the pencils you worked so hard on?

...Ever felt overwhelmed just by holding a brush.

If that’s you, don’t worry. I’ll show you how to get over the fear of the brush and start inking like a pro!


INKING MASTER CLASS 1 of 2: LEARN IT!

In our Inking Master Class 1, you will learn how to handle the tools of traditional inking focusing on the most versatile tool—your brush. Justine will teach you how to bring clarity to your drawings by making conscious choices about light and shadow, texture, and tone. Through her demos, lectures, and at-home projects, you’ll  let go of bad habits that muddy up your pages. 

What makes classic inking and inkers great is not a superpower. Great inking comes with practice, know-how, discipline, patience. It comes from the confidence of knowing that what you are doing and how light, shadow, and texture work—and Justine’s class can give you that confidence. 


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To help you on your journey, Justine has prepared:

  • Image-rich presentations...

    that back up the importance of looking at great inking, and finally recognizing the beauty of line, and realizing the language of line used by the Masters.

  • Visual demos...

    describing how the brush is held, demos that will clearly demonstrate why the small things matter, and how inking is a full-body experience!

  • Specific Projects and Worksheets...

    that will help you focus on the lessons you have just learned so that you are not only seeing, but actively doing.

  • An Online Community...

    of students who you will be able to reach out to and share your work with, and, Justine will stop in and give frequent incisive pointers. And yet the class has been designed so that each student will be able to compare and contrast their progress against their own work rather than against the work of other students.

Course curriculum

    1. Homework: Instinctive Image Inking - The Fly

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    2. The Fly PDF

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    3. Exercise: Instinctive Line Practice

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    4. Line Practice Printable PDF

    5. Introduction Video - My work and lineage.

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    6. Preparing And Caring For Your Tools

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    1. Line Quality 1 - Great Comics Ink Masters Intro.

    2. Line Quality 1 (Great Comics Inking) Presentation Video

    3. Line Practice Instruction and Brush Inking Basics

    4. Ruling Your Panel Borders Video

    5. Homework 1 - Redo line Practice

    6. Line Practice Printable PDF

    7. Homework - Worksheet 1

    8. Worksheet 1 PDF

    1. Line Quality 2 - The Great Illustrators Intro.

    2. Line Quality 2 - Presentation - The Great Illustrators

    3. Line Quality Video 1: Simple Lines and Lines in Rhythm

    4. Line Quality Video 2: The Wild Turkey: Bolder, Looser Lines.

    5. Line Quality Video 3: Longer Lines and Loose Lines

    6. Homework - Worksheet 2

    7. Worksheet 2 PDF

    1. Japanese Presentation

    2. Homework - Practice Techniques

    3. Homework - Draw 3 subjects in that style

    4. Lines In Asian Art 1

    5. Lines In Asian Art 2

    1. Describing Textures Presentation

    2. Textures Worksheet 1 of 2

    3. Homework - Textures Worksheet

    4. Textures Worksheet 2 of 2

    5. Replicate Textures

    6. Describing Textures Lecture Video

    7. Replicate Textures PDF

    1. Spotting Blacks Presentation

    2. Final Project - ReInk the Fly

    3. Spotting Black Lecture Video

About this course

  • $249.00
  • 36 lessons
  • 3.5 hours of video content

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