1. I was asked privately about my inking approach and I think the answer is worth sharing: I used to ink very carefully and slowly at first, and using a lot of black, but today I prefer to work faster and with more variety, using many tools and (cont)

2. ... mixing uniform lines with dynamic brushwork. I ink not to hide the drawing but to make it evident and show it is made by hand and on paper.

3. An editor once, many years ago, during an interview told me I was hiding my skills under too much black and shadows. I followed his suggestion to remove the black and use lines to express myself more openly.

4. A mentor also taught me that chinese and japanese Zen-oriented brushwork (calligraphy and illustration) embraced the random and unplanned micro-events that happen during motions as part of a deeper level of expression. This is very hard to explain in written form but important

5. In this sense, my favourite tool for inking is my ability to not worry or think too much about it, which has nothing to do with carelessness, but a very voluntary decision of where to focus.
Physical tools come and go.
That's it
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