art question *erhm, hi*

[enzeru sky]

'Yello, it's my first time posting here, so I just wanna make sure ill get myself started on the right track by saying hi first...

so...

Hi

Anyways, back to my question.
I have been doing some art for some time, and recently I have resulted in doing my line-art inking via photoshop. I went from the freeform pen tool, to the lasso + line making routines. But seeing the art done in some fanimanga done around the web has got my stumped. People are using pens!

I myself have even tried using pens, although my inking lines never come out smooth like some I have seen. I use the Sakura Pigment Micron series art pens. Anyone have any tips on how to get smoother lines?

Thanks in advanced

[Ganonfro]

Draw on your monitor. It'll work. Honest.

But yeah, I haven't really been able to fix up stuff I've drawn in photoshop, it hurts my head usually. DM would be a better person to ask.

[FlamingDeth]

I know that if I ever want to ink smoothly without a computer (on which I use a tablet, which works far better than the pen tool or lasso), I forgo pens entirely and just se a thin brush and inda ink. <p>
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[enzeru sky]

Hmmm, I actually use the pen tool via the wacom tablet, graphire 2 I think it was.

Anyways... hrmmm... maybe the thin brush idea is worth the trying out. Actually, I have the Sakura Pigment Brush pen with me, which isn't half bad. But I usually use that for thick hair, and not line-art as a whole.