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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Gary Martin's two volumes of The Art of Comic-Book Inking have become the industry-standard manuals for aspiring inkers seeking to take their work to the next level or for working professionals looking to broaden their skills base. Now, these two textbooks have been combined into a single value-priced volume and expanded with new material, including three additional blue-lined artboards featuring pencil art by master comics illustrators Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and Gil Kane. Gain insights into the techniques, tools, and approaches of some of the finest delineators in comics today, including Terry Austin, Mark Farmer, Scott Williams, Alex Garner, and many more. When putting pen or brush to paper, no tool is more helpful than The Art of Comic-Book Inking. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Gary Martin | | Paperback: | 192 pages | | Publisher: | Dark Horse | | Publication Date: | December 21, 2005 | | ISBN: | 1593074050 | | Package Length: | 10.7 inches | | Package Width: | 8.1 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 17 reviews |
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Inking lessons from the best ones May 03, 2008
This is a must. First part of the book follows the usual terms on drawing manuals: talks about materials, technics and so. The best comes next, when you get a group of examples inked by different known artists, each of one explained by them, talking about the work. And, also, explaining how did they do it (what kind of brushes, pens, focus of their work...)
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Should have been titled- The Art of Comic-Book Inking with a Brush Mar 25, 2007
This guide was very well written and very informative. However, I was dissapointed that more time was not spent on Pen and Ink techniques.
I did lean alot from this publication an will apply that knowlege to my future projects.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Good book for starter advice, but for true skill; practice is key. Aug 17, 2006
Overall, I felt this book was a good starting place for someone who wants to know how to ink comics. If you know nothing, or next to nothing about how to go about putting ink on top of pencil, this is definitely where to start. If you know more, you'll probably still gain from this book.
The book does seem to emphasize that inking with a brush is the "best" method, and I can understand if one wishes to have a fluid feel/style to their comics, brush inking would be best. But brush or pen is something that one can use to taste.
My main complaint with the book is that there isn't enough instruction on how to best handle a brush or pen, how to put a line on a page, how to make it thick or thin, how much pressure, etc. There are several references to the years it's taken any given inker to master the brush. "Doing" is the best way to learn, and you'll have to learn what works for you, and at least this book gives a good place to start "doing". (I'll admit that's kinda my fault for expecting inking would be easy.)
I do appreciate that this book gives a good list of materials to use, plus practice pages. The book has many little gems of advice. Definitely makes me wish I could be an apprentice inker so I could learn more from experiance.
After I got this book home, I also got myself some new brushes and pens, and I've begun drawing lots of lines... thin lines, thick lines, thin to thick lines, etc. I haven't yet tackled the practice pages. If you want to be good, this book, and a lot of time to practice are a good start.
(P.S. The book I bought was "The Complete Art Of Comic-Book Inking" IBSN: 1593074050, it isn't "Volume II." It is a little confusing on Amazon because IBSN:1569712581 might be the 2nd edition, but has the same comments as this book. Be sure you are getting the "Complete" book.)
3 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 A Little Disappointing Mar 27, 2004
First of all I want everyone to notice that this is only VOLUME 2. Volume one is no longer available anywhere. Thus, making this book fairly useless. The only thing that it's really good at it showing different stiles between professional comic book inkers. It nice to page through and I don't regret buyin it but it is not necessary for an artist's library.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great tips from the pros Feb 04, 2004
Good stuff. Gary Martin teaches solid fundamentals for comic book inking, focusing mainly on superhero work inked with brushes. His advice is pretty thorough -- he starts with how to properly hold a brush, and works through essential things like placing line-weights according to lighting and spotting blacks to establish emphasis. Later sections have a variety of professionals providing their inks over the same page of Steve (the dude) Rude's pencil art to demonstrate individual inking styles. The best thing about this book is Martin's dedication to explaining solid fundamentals instead of just showing you the usual flashy effects. I busted my hand once a couple years ago and, while recuperating, read and absorbed this fine little book. It made me re-think how I approach inking and I still apply much of Martin's advice daily. The followup Volume 2 is also good but has far less real content and more comparitive samples by pros.
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