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More on inking:
Freddy Milton, Jan Gulbransson and many other excellent pencil artists have had their editors stop using their inking, and accept only pencil drawings from them and assign other inkers to their story production. Tony Strobl, Daniel Brancaand many other good artists have always had other inkers ink their Disney work. Inking is a very different skill from that of pencil drawing. And it takes many years to master it for consistency of excellent technique. For most artists, their inking is tighter than their free-flowing, fluid pencil drawing, and, thus, it stiffens their drawings. I see that in my own work, and in Don Rosa's, Carl Barks' and in that of just about every other artist. Having a really super inker, who can stick to one's pencil lines and keep the fluidity, is a rare privilege.

This might sound strange to you, but I suspect that if a young Carl Barks would approach Egmont or Sanoma today for work as a Duck artist, his inking would be turned down, and he'd be assigned an inker from one of the Spanish studios. That would be unfortunate, because although his line width was somewhat inconsistent, his work was very dynamic, and most inkers place their own style over that of the penciler (often weakening the dynamism, or emotion, or changing the feel).

Quote from user: Dutch Duckfan Down UnderSo in animation the animators only do the pencil drawings, they *don't* ink? At all? I knew about Ink and Paint, and I've seen many animation drawings, but I never made the connection.

My advice to amateur artists bad at inking: use a fine felt pen. It's about as easy to handle as a pencil, and it gives an 'inked' illusion. But I'm probably not the first one to figure that out.
Comic book drawing is very different from animation. But, in BOTH people who ink are more often NOT the penciler. But, there ARE people who do (or did) both (as Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Marco Rota, Floyd Gottfredson, etc. Good inkers traditionally have used brush only, and/or spreading fountain pens such as Barks and others used, combined with brushwork as well.

Quote from user: OlivierI like seeing the pencil lines and line drawing, but do you ever ink what you do? Are these not inked for lack of time, or intentionally?
Mostly they aren't inked for lack of time, but sometimes I feel the pencil drawings have more charm. I do sometimes ink my drawings, but I'm still very far away from mastering it.

Here's an example of my inking at it's best, done with an Esterbrook #356:

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i272/McDuckMenu/Jones.png

@Monochrome: Haha, that's kind of bizarre :P Nice drawing though!

Ta-ra... :)
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/286/beastq.png

Scketches made while I should have been studying..
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1994/naamloos1zl.png

Mr. Menu, Sanoma should be using your work a lot more! Very Barkslike, yet with your own, individual style shining through.

Quote from user: McDuck MenuScketches made while I should have been studying..
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1994/naamloos1zl.png
Very nice sketches McDuck Menu! They're really funny! :D I especially like the one with the book on his head on the top of the page. :)

Here's my most recent drawing:

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff506/hidde15maart/Duck%20tekeningen/DD_and_GG.png

It's a remake of this:
http://coa.inducks.org/hr.php?html=1&image=http://outducks.org/webusers/webusers/2012/11/pl_gp_152a_001.jpg

I forgot to post many drawings of mine... But if you want to see them, please take a look at my DeviantArt page: http://hidde99.deviantart.com/gallery/

Or watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diE-TCIt4ug

I'm a Junior Woodchuck !
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/064/2/9/cadet_arnaud_de_la_patrouille_des_zozo_by_crabamoustache-d5x26pb.png
My boss is Gyro Gearloose !
http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/077/f/a/le_professeur_pierrey_by_crabamoustache-d5yhg81.png
Oh no, now it seems I'm Uncle Scrooge ! (Old drawing, new colors)
http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/078/c/1/it_seems_i_m_uncle_scrooge_by_crabamoustache-d5ykd20.png