pencilers

Draw before inkers

Pencilers are artists who use pencils.

The term is used most often in the comic book industry.

comics

inking

Applying liquid pigment

splash · gutter · balloons · sequential · manga · superhero · villain · crossover · narrative · layout

technique

graphite

Crystalline carbon allotrope

contour · gesture · anatomy · perspective · foreshortening · proportion · rendering · highlight · shadow · tone

drafting

blueprint

Detailed technical drawing

architecture · engineering · cad · tracing · template · precision · mechanical · orthographic · isometric · scale

Categories
Opposites
comics production role

pencilerscolorists

Those who apply hues

inkers · letterers · writers · finishers · editors

drawing medium/permanence

pencilersinkers

Artists who trace pencils

painters · digital artists · erasers · watercolorists · markers

Family

penciler, penciled

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G