Digital Inking Vortex Tutorial - Intuos - Illustrator CS4

Digital inking with a Wacom Intuos 3 Tablet and pen.

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Education

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• digital
• inking
• illustrator
• cs4

[johncarlin99]

what tablet do you recamend for a binger artiest.and real nice job on inking and could explane little about inking comicbook. and still your useing

[jonathonlt1]

@johncarlin99

Ideally, it would be easiest to use a Wacom Cintique.  But they're pretty dicey on cost. I've been making due with the Wacom Intuos 4. Works pretty well for both drawing and photo editing.

[nukularwessels]

I love those pencils. What work has that artist done?

[jonathonlt1]

@nukularwessels

In addition to Vortex, he (Matt Martin) also created Snowman. I think that was published through Avatar Comics. He's also done work on Pandora and Lady Death.

[Refrigerardo]

Hi! I started using illustrator a few days ago and I'm on the heavier part of the learning curve. this video really pumped me up to start using the ink technique with my personal art but as I was inking a drawing and halfway through I noticed the memory on my Mac really feeling the weight of so many paths and starting to lag, my question would be: Is there any way I can grab all those objects and flatten them up into a single object or something less heavy for the computer to process?

[jonathonlt1]

@Refrigerardo

The one thing I've noticed that seems to help a little with that, is saving file as you're working more frequently. (That happens on Windows too.) The more you save it, the less it has to "remember" in the history and helps with PC performance. The only other thing that would help is saving it to a lower res format, such as JPG or something like that.

[trenton9]

@Refrigerardo

I know your question is from 6 months ago but just in case you haven't found this out yet:

Select all the paths you'd like to combine.

Select object -> path -> outline stroke.

Select window -> pathfinder.

(make sure that all those outlined paths are still selected)

In the pathfinder window, select the "UNITE" icon, which should be the very first icon of the top row. (Hovering the mouse above each icon will give you it's name.)

[johncarlin99]

thank you and you did a great job

[David256230]

I almost thought you said breast size... @ 1:40 o.o

[brandonrobinson5150]

Thanks, question how do you now bring your inks in to photoshop?

[8caligula1]

thank you/ this tutorial has helped me a lot... god bless