Nice work all around guys.

Here's my latest piece.

Thanks Joe.

I used a combination of cheap disposable brushes and some fancier, albeit hard-to-use, larger inking brushes made from horse hair and with bamboo handles.  I was disappointed with the fancier brushes as some of the hairs would "stick out" and came close to running portions of the drawing as I inked along.  I got them on sale for about $5.00 at Michael's (craft store in Canada) so it's not like I wasted that much money.  I found the cheap disposable brushes to be just as good to spread the ink.

One of the disadvantages of using "pure" ink to "black out" the borders was that it made the comic boards curl up along the edges.  I might stick with large markers to do that in the future.  It's a learning process.  I might look into acquiring some large Pitt pens, as you suggested to me in that other thread.  Where do you usually get them from?

   I've gone to at least one Michael's outlet in my area, but I also go to a local store called Finley's Art Shoppe which is just a 15-minute drive away on the other side of the big college town near my home.  If I want to go further, I also stop by Upper Merion Repro Center in Ardmore, PA, or a similar place in downtown Lancaster, PA.

   One thing I may suggest with the border inking is to actually tape your paper down on a rigid surface on all sides, and let it dry overnight.  The method works for watercolor painting, and has allowed me to produce some work without the telltale warping that usually happens if it wasn't thus restrained.  I could work just as well for India inks, which are a water-based medium.

A couple more that I've been able to jot down during the previous couple of weeks.  Things have been kind of slow and start-and-stop for me (mostly due to job hunting).  However, I did put the pencils to work.

I really love these softer grade pencils...