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Mail all submissions to:
Committed Comics: Submissions Department
16541 Redmond Way #326
Redmond, WA 98052
An inkers’ job is finish and embellish the penciler’s work. It is much more then just going over the existing lines on the page with black ink and filling in the areas that are suppose to be black (that is called spotting the blacks). An inker should take the line artwork that is there and give it depth, shading and form.
When an inker works on penciled pages they should make sure that all of the lines that need to be connected are connected and that the foreground characters are clearly visible from the background. It is also the inker’s job to make sure that the light sources put down by the penciler are correct and to keep that consistent through out the pages. Much like the penciler the inker needs to know human anatomy, page layouts, and making sure the images are sequential and making sense.
A good inker can make an average penciler look great and vice versa a bad inker can make a great artist look really bad. As mentioned before the inker needs to add depth, shading and form to the artwork.
- Depth can be achieved in several different ways, most often by varying line weight and the amount of blacks in the foreground, medium ground, and background in a set pattern.
- Shading is brought about by the use of where you place the heaviest amount of ink. Usually, a penciler will denote where they want a shadow to fall. Your job is to fill that area with black and add any additional detail to that area.
- The inker achieves form by connecting the penciler’s lines and rounding out any harsh edges or vice versa.
When sending in submissions to Committed Comics, it is strongly suggested that you do not send in your own pencils with inks. The reason for that is it's difficult to separate problems in your pencil drawing and problems in your ink rendering. When sending in your submission, send in a photocopy of the pencils along with your inks.
That way, the editorial staff can view what the pages looked like before and after. In addition to not inking over your own pencils Committed Comics would also prefer to see inking samples over penciler’s who do not draw so tight. Meaning that if you as the inker do not see a reason to add or change anything to the pencils don’t send it in.
Inkers like pencilers need to send in three (3) to five (5) pages and one pin up / cover piece. As mentioned above don’t forget to include the pencil pages as well. The art should be 11x17 folded once and placed in a 9 x 10 envelope.
SAMPLES: Haunting Refrain, Millennium