ink work

Art using pens

Ink work refers to drawing, illustration, or artistic work done with ink, particularly the process of applying ink lines over pencil sketches in comics, graphic novels, and illustration: The ink work on this comic is gorgeous.

In tattooing, ink work describes the tattoo itself or the quality of its execution: Check out my new ink work.

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illustration · linework · crosshatch · stipple · brushwork · calligraphy · hand lettering · tattoo · etching · sketch · quill · blot · smudge · blackwork · comic · comic book · manuscript · scribe

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medium/tool

ink workpencil sketches

Preliminary graphite illustrations

pencil drawing · graphite drawing · charcoal drawing · chalk drawing · crayon drawing

permanence

ink workunderdrawing

Initial sketch beneath paint

pencil sketch · rough drafts · charcoal sketch · preliminary sketch · rough draft

technique/approach

ink workdigital illustration

Artwork made on computers

watercolor painting · oil painting · airbrushing · finger painting

Family

ink, work, inks, inked, inking, inky, inkiness, works, worked

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G