The Inking Process

Today I want to show how I ink my work. The victim that I choose to draw is no other than the dark vigilante from DCComics. The badass millionaire Bruce Wayne and the double Personality Mind Freak called The Dark Knight, Batman. Everybody loves Batman, except Joker and his band of baddies.

I have been drawing this dude for sometime and I am still not bored doing so. I stayed loyal although its true that sometime his movies sucks big time. The best was the one where Heath Ledger played The Joker. But again, don't hate the player, hate the game. Batman will always be Batman to me.

Batman was created by Bob Kane and he has a huge following around the world. Even if I have to choose between Batman or Superman, it will have to be BATMAN. I don't mean Ben Affleck but the character himself, Batman. Imagine a stubborn man with no special strength or ability was able to lead the league of Superheroes.

Now the Process

This is a simple sketch and finding a character composition through the process. Not much to sketch for this single subject. Just finding the dynamic pose and to give him the amount of perspective and angle to make an impact.

Okay, I’m done sketching. You may be bored of this process, but it has to be done. The element, material and suitability of the character. Understanding the lighting technique is very important in inking. Not in exact terms but it has to be suitable.

Next, I am gonna use brush and ink. Back to basics, the traditional way. For me, inking is faster than pen. The stroke flow is more pointy and we can see the different lines compared to when the pen is used.

The tough part is to make the contrast between black and white. Sometimes the balance has to be right. Otherwise, the irregularity would be stark.

Now, just a little more to finish.

Now I am done. I will take a break , Alfred, where is my coffee?

Back From Break

After a slight tweak and a bit of editing in photoshop. I started messing around with grayscale instead and a bit of effect with texture and placing the bat logo at the right place. Here, presto...I am DONE with the Bat.

That’s it..my style in inking. Celebrating the character I love most..The Dark Knight.