How to Ink in Photoshop

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Open Photoshop and open a line drawing that you want to ink.

   Select the Pen tool, set it to Paths and make sure that you already tick to turn-on Add/Delete Anchors , After finish, press Right-click and select Fill Path , This example uses Black as the foreground color.
   
   After select Fill Path, the Fill Path options box will appear.
   
   Select Use Foreground Color>OK.
   
   Press Right-click again and select Delete Path ,,,,
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   Step 2: Press right-click on the Background Layer and select Duplicate

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   Step 3: then change this layer to "Sketch" (name the layers can help you easy to recognize)

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   Step 4: Create a new layer and name the new layer "White" and set White layer immediately under Sketch layer.

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   Step 5: Go to Sketch layer and change the Opacity of this layer to 20 percent

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   Step 6: Go to White layer and use the Paint Bucket tool to fill the White Layer with white.

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   Step 7: Magnify the area you want to ink and create new layer

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   Step 8: change the name to Ink.

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   Step 9: Start dragging and moving the Tangent Bars of the points to make the lines of the path better conform to the curves of your line drawing.

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    Step 10: Don't forget to set the foreground color to one that you want.

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    Step 11: Continue to do Black outline area until finish

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    Step 12: Create new layer and name it Ink color

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    Step 13: set this layer immediately under Ink layer

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    Step 14: I will do a detail such as eyes

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    Step 15: mouth in this layer.

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    Step 16: Continue to do every detail until finish

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    Step 17: Create new layer and name it Ink color 2

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    Step 18: set it immediately under Ink color layer

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    Step 19: this layer for a main color such as skin tone.

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