PENCILS vs INKS![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe70ae5QFse6VkNIs1V_qNONLVRvby-U5pjKiHdepRnKscUvwZqP7Z6dYdt1wiMkSrtNmD4CWPiMMgu2rMCw1a_nChBE0msq6tkqD32HxXi8DCClKkgPbm22WQS06oFtzFp8-f/s400/Ship1.jpg)
There's a very worn-out joke that implies '
inkers are tracers'. Anyone who has any appreciation for the art-form knows that is absolutely not the case. However, i don't really ink over my pencils in the traditional style. I really like interpreting pencil lines into interesting ink lines and the artists i gravitate to more are those who really excel at that approach. Instead of posting just the inked version of the page, i thought i'd concentrate on one specific panel from
Sweeney Todd to show how i've taken my pencils and interpreted them in ink. I changed some lines, i added others. I kept solid blacks, i broke up solid blacks. I made sure i played around with the image rather than strictly tighten it up. The panel is hardly radically different after inking but i would like to think that the end result is more interesting than if i had slickly inked every pencilled line.
I quess ye can be the judge of that.
Dec.