Ink illustration can be divided into 3 large sections based on the tools used to do it, which are brush, pen, or chisel in the case of scratchboard. Here I have tried to give you the most basic tools, tutorials, and sources of inspiration
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Tools and materials
Courses
Accounts to follow
Tools and materials
Here I describe the most important tools that you can't do without if you're into ink illustration - either in the comic book genre or classic elaborate pen illustration in the style of Gustav Dore or Dürer
$14 Thick high quality paper for your final artwork
Winsor & Newton Bristol Paper Pad 250 gsm, 9x12"
$16 very good ink
Rohrer & Klingner 50 ml Calligraphy Ink | Black
$24 brush for inking larger areas as well as for comic book-style inking
Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #1
A great set for lines of various types, as well as for drawing tiny details
Tachikawa Nikko G Pen Nib 3-Pics Set
$8 pen holder with a cap
Tachikawa Comic Pen Nib Holder, Model 40 (T-40)
And if you work digitally on an ipad in Procreate, this brush set should cover all your needs
Ultimate Ink for Procreate
Courses
Here are the best courses, listed here in order of increasing difficulty, they also go through all the styles of ink illustration, from sketching to scratchboard
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Master Strokes Ink Club | Nas.io Communities
Great course to start exploring ink illustration - this one is about brushpen sketching
“Daily Sketching for Creative Inspiration”. Illustration online course by Sorie Kim | Domestika
a great course on the brushpen ink illustration from a living master
