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Evan Dorkin
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What I Use To Draw (Inking/Corrections)

I usually make a lot of mistakes when I ink, and this is what I use to make corrections:

Pentel Presto Jumbo Correction pen - this is my workhorse for covering up mistakes in art or lettering. Covers a good area and dries quickly. After some practice you get used to how much pressure to put on the pen in order to not gunk up the paper and just lay down the coverage you need. As soon as it dries you can lay down a new line or larger art correction without trouble. There's a fine point version which I need to get when I start placing a new art supply order. I just found out it existed, it's probably been around for ages, I don't research art supplies or look at what's out there as much as I ought to. You can get these at office supply shops and some art supply stores.

Signo Uni-Ball UM-153 pen - White ink pen that is handy for small corrections, carving lines down and making effects over black ink. The point can bog down sometimes but if you're patient and let the black ink dry before you go in with it, it helps keep the point unclogged when you use it.

Brisk Learner White Gel Pens - I tried these out and they worked pretty well. They have a variety of point sizes and I used this when I needed to work with a finer line than the Signo.

Deleter White Ink and Liquitex Titanium White Ink - Traditional art inks used with a brush for corrections, white on black art/effects, etc. I don't use this approach as often as I'd like, because I need to find a decent brush to work with. I need to go to an art supply store and look at everything they have, ordering online hasn't worked out. I keep getting brushes that are too big or aren't up to snuff. Unfortunately all we have on Staten Island is Michael's, which is overpriced and never has a good stock on brushes, and Hobby Lobby, which can go fuck itself because they support right-wing causes/garbage.

Not shown: I didn't think about it until now, but I often do old-school art patch fixes, mostly on botched lettering. This involves drawing or lettering the correction, cutting it out with scissors and/or a razor blade/box cutter (or an EXACTO knife) and pasting the correction down over the mistake with a gluestick. The patch can leave lines around the fix when the art is scanned, if they're blatant it will need to be cleaned/addressed digitally.

As always, this is what I use to draw and make comics with. There's a lot of art supplies and tools out there, what I use might not get you the results you're looking for. Try stuff out and see what happens. 

What I Use To Draw (Inking/Corrections)

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