Line art rage oh my gods

[shironemai]

Maybe around a 4 cause I have such sketchy linearts ^^;
I just have little patience trying to make them smooth so it's always one of the quickest steps when seriously drawing lol

[KSlinger]

Line art is hands down my favourite part. I can actually churn out all the line art I need in a few hours, it's colouring that makes me rage. 8(

[sadlittlespook]

Line art makes me sob more than it does rage tbh. Like, I can get some really nice looking lineart if I'm careful but since my hands shake so much its really difficult for me ;A; I'm so used to my sketchy lines but there's no way that is even clean enough for my comic.

I guess its just one of those things that you gotta love and hate you know???

[AnnaLandin]

The shaky hands-issue gets easier with practise - a lot of it is a lack of confidence, so working on getting more confident will help work away some of the shaking. And for those shakes you can't get rid of, there are stabliser tools, at least in Manga Studio, that helps smooth out some of the strokes you make.

[sadlittlespook]

Oui, that is true but sadly I'm one of the shakers that I can't get rid of it. Which sucks but after a huge amount of time working with it you kinda get used to it.

I actually use SAI mostly but I do have CS6 too but I only use that for editing in the dialogue. SAI does have a stabilizer too actually! I put mine at S-7 which is the highest it can go and oooh man is it nice! ;u;

[Pandastrophic]

I avoid all the rage by not having lineart, I clean up my pencil sketch and color it instead. =v=

[HNLEE]

ARGHHH SO MCUH RAGE. Line art is my least favorite. I would much rather blend everything like usually do but that takes too long. Plus Im a bit of a perfectionist with my strokes so I get really irritated doing line art. Also it's easier to do flats with cleaner line art but ugh isn't there some short cut? I already know I can draw it but getting the lines just right take too long

[scythe]

No art rage on any front. But if I must, line art: 1 out of 10.

[Silerna]

I have more a colouring rage...that takes FOREVER with me...I like doing the lineart, because when it's 'done' I can still change it xD.

[REN]

my secret is to eliminate the need for inking altogether!
there are two ways to do that depending on how painful on my wrist it is that day, i work 100% digitally
1- clean up the sketch and go with that, it ends up pretty crude but it keeps the character of the artwork intact as opposed to if i just redraw it.
2- sketch the sketch on a bottom layer, then make the opacity at 40% and on a new top layer with 100% opacity I sketch it again with the same brush but with less strokes as much as possible, and when I'm done i hide the bottom layer and clean up the top sketch.
sometimes i just color the sketch because yolo

[indialeearts]

My line-art rage is definately on a 10 haha. For some reason, my sketches will be great and full of motion, but once the line-art comes along then everything just looks lifeless. I'm actually about to switch my lining to a traditional medium, since it looks a lot better than photoshop
I have so much respect for those who can just zone out during this process!

[KreativeConfusion]

shake hands really is just a issue with practice for any line art medium. Like it's something that's said again and again, but as long as you focus on making quick strokes with no fear you're fine. Especially if it's digital. there's always the undo button if you don't like it.

@Aetherwing and I would try a freeware program called fire alpaca or medibang paint if you have a mac Medibang is actually pretty useful and similar to MS5 in a lot of ways, so it's a good way to see if it can work with your methods. It comes with a neat tool for making panels too thats pretty simple. you can also download the app version on your phone to do touch ups on the go.

[chiharu_j]

I actually quite love doing the inking, I don't know but I just do. Sure it can get frustrating but I've done so much inking not only for comic that it's just another thing to do now of course there'll be time when you "why the hell did I even imagine this panel" lol like one of my latest pages,

[TristanJensen]

Actually I don't really mind line art.... If the topic were "coloring rage" I'd be a full 10 and then some...

[monotone_ink]

I find that the only way to get my digital line-art to look organic is if I resorted to a sketchier style.
The thing about digital inking is that all the mistakes are glaring at you and your brain tells you to fix it immediately, thus making everything stressful.

I've been working with the mindset lately to use ctrl+z as little as possible. My stuff is starting to look a bit better now, but it's still STRESSFUL AS HELL.

[Bluejay]

Me every time I do line art, colours, shading, art in general

hahahaha

[yumehop]

I DON'T HAVE LINE ART RAGE ANYMORE
HORRAY FOR SCANNERS AND DRAWING TRADITIONALLY
hopefully all of you who find line art and inking hard will one day find a way

I still hate inking
I just plan on pressing down my pencil lines really really hard

[yumehop]

That sounds like a really good way to draw :o
I've always found digital drawing hard (colouring, I love, because traditional colouring makes me sad)

I shall keep that in mind for the future :DDDDDD

[yumehop]

I don't remember who it was that showed me how to use the scanner. I love this scanner. Whomever invented the scanner I love you
Line art I find is tough as soon as you reach a new medium. On a scale of 1-10, 0 for traditional. a 9 for digital definitely just because it takes so much longer to do and look nice. Below is a pic of my traditional line art, scanned and then coloured digitally

[yumehop]

I see what you mean xD I'm one of those people that DONT sketch at all, go straight from white paper to line art and just undo/erase if I mess up. But like you, I'm a perfectionist, so if the one line I drew even slightly looks bad (which is a huge issue for me when digital drawing is involved) I have to do it again... and again.. and again