Pen & Ink Essentials: Tips & Techniques with Tim Hodge

Get an overview of the course and learn about simple materials you can use to follow along.

Review the recommended art supplies, practice foundational exercises, and apply your skills to complete a character design.

Learn to observe and interpret shadows, then practice multiple inking approaches to render them effectively in structured exercises.

Explore how to describe form using line, shadows, and pattern to create depth and dimension in your drawings.

Learn how to identify the tonal range in your illustration and create dark, medium, and light values effectively with ink.

Study key facial anatomy details and learn how to represent them clearly and effectively using ink.

Learn Tim’s approach to rendering reflective surfaces

Explore different nibs and their line variations, along with essential materials and fountain pens as an alternative tool.

Apply the course techniques as Tim revisits and redraws a comic strip from high school, refining it with stronger ink skills.

Apply what you’ve learned by creating a single-panel cartoon with clear composition and strong ink work.

Follow along as you draw a zebra, using toned paper and white ink to build highlights and contrast effectively.

Create two illustrations while learning how to evaluate values and choose spot colors that enhance your ink illustrations.

Learn Tim’s watercolor approach for adding full color to your ink artwork while preserving strong line work.

Experiment with colored inks to create expressive line work and expand your artistic range.

Combine ink and charcoal on toned paper to create a peregrine falcon artwork.

Work on ink and watercolor to create a leopard drawing based on one of Dustin’s photo references.

Adjust your Procreate settings to create smoother lines and replicate the look of traditional ink on paper.