As you can tell from the title, I've started inking. I thought I was going to use Sketchpad like Scotty Young, but found it to be less than what I was looking for. After browsing YouTube, I found a video about inking with Corel. And I'm liking it. So far, I've just been using the Scrachtool to create some very interesting lines.
At the moment, I'm just doing a basic inking, trying to get more comfortable with it. After that, I'll go back and play with the shapes more and try to get some of the main characters to have a continouis look.
Like Lan, the main character. I'll admit that I'm having a hard time with him. I usually have nothing to do with children. EVER. So, trying to figure out how to draw a child correctly and make it look like the same child is a challenge for me. Whenever I'm out in public, I'll ask my mother the ages of the children around us. I'm also using a "How to draw children" book that my mom used to use when she was a girl. From the sketches I've done, I have to say it's helped. I've also addes some shading to the posted pages, just to get a feel for what it will look like in the end. And I've decided I'm going to alter the cover to add more suspense, less of the other main character.