How I ink the banana way part 2

hiya all how the holiday over the Chinese New Year? for those who celebrate, Happy New Year & for those who don't Happy Holidays!

ok, with no further ado, to continue the last part, here's the second(last?) part!

4. Yay, the inking process is almost done! most of the shadow places are inked & the girl look more solid now compared to initial inking. turn off the sketch layer to see the artline better but....

 Noticed the artwork has some stray inking & look a bit messy so it's time to use the eraser!

5. Doing a little touch up... then..... the inking is completed!Well, not exactly, I may use screentones/patterns for her clothes, coloring etc but that can be for future. For now the inking process is finished

Below is the breakdown of the inking file. Usually I use less than 3 for inking as I often merge the eye & the detailing part to the basic inking layout

 

Thank you for reading, stay tune for more!

How I ink the banana way

1. sketch - Usually I set the PSD file to 300dpi, CYMK & in A4. Mostly I like to create new layer to sketh instead on the BG layer. But in this case, I just use the RGB setting instead. Brush is usually from pt9-14 (due it's 300 dpi) & the default hard brush. Nothing biggy, just sketch until you're satisfied with it

2. Then I use new layer to ink it. The sketch layer I set the opacity to 20-30% just that I can differentiate the sketch layer & the inking layer. I often use the same brush settings as my sketch. At the same time I made changes from my sketch when I am not so happy with the initial sketch (For this her hair clip). Another habit of mine is to separate the "eye" layer from the inking & use thicker brush to ink her upper eyelids.

3.Starts to ink the shadow parts of it. I determine the source of light is from upper left so I inked the places opposite from it. Usually I create a new layer for this, as to avoid mistakes & then erased the inking line...

to be continued.....