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So, You Want to Be an Inker
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
About this lesson
Comics educator Matthew Russell covers what an inker actually does day to day: tool choices, adjusting line weight for different surfaces like skin, fabric and hair, and how light source should guide line decisions.
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