One of the most useful inking tips I ever learned was not about the type of ink but the amount . You should always have two bottles of ink on your table. One bottle is used to ink and the other is used to refill the first one. Always keep the inking bottle filled to the rim. The brush and pen only need to dip right below the rim to pick up more than enough ink to perform. This eliminates any question about the level of ink inside the bottle and the probing with a brush or pen that goes on when the artist is uncertain where the ink level is. it also guarantees that the artist has control over the amount of ink being used and speeds up the inking by quite a bit! Excerpted from The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics by Klaus Janson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
