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        | John Byrne 
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          These inking attempts are proving instructional for me, too. Especially when I compare them to those DOOM PATROL pencils. Going to try some random continuity with tighter linework.
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        | Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 03 July 2018 at 8:37am | IP Logged | 2 | post reply |  
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 |  Strike one for me. Going to go stare at other work a bit more and take another swing later. 
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        | Bryan Eacret Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          How long would a professional inker take to ink a page like these?
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        | John Byrne 
   Grumpy Old Guy
 
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          Depends on the inker.
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 |  See, there are different approaches, some of which involve the credited inker bent over the page for two or three hours, some of which involve flocks of UNcredited assistants. From my own experience, a page like one of these would take about two hours.
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        | Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          JB-
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 I right clicked a 72 dpi contrasty IPhone picture, “squared it” with
 Photoshop, turned it blue, and enlarged it to 10x15”, yes, but, there’s no
 doubt I can’t “see” everything. It wasn’t meant for inking, but, that didn’t
 stop me.
 The photo I upped of my ink job is all digitized from Instagramming it,
 too....
 The pencil scans of the DOOM PATROL are like heaven!
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        | John Byrne 
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          There's no law against keeping a small b&w printout to one side as you ink.
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        | Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          I never said I was smart!
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        | Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Eager and ambitious, yes!
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        | Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Thank you, Philippe,  by the way.
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 |  Although, I think Romita’s Raiders would have had to do some touch
 up work on mine! I saw Didier’s version last night on Facebook, and I
 really like it. I am going to be working on pages two and three this
 weekend, but for right now, I am busy painting a sidewalk into a 400
 foot pizza! #Delicious
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        | Darren Taylor Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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        | Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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          Woohoo! This is the most fun since the “We’re A Little Upset At
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 |  Nelson’s Inks” on the ACTION run.
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        | Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member
 
  
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           | Posted: 03 July 2018 at 4:57pm | IP Logged | 12 | post reply |  
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 |  Hey, it's fun to see the different "styles" of inking here! 
 I'm going to give it a go.
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