Comic Book Inker : My Goal Final

1.     From the moment I started drawing at the age of eight, I knew from that moment it's what I wanted to do and I never looked back. I made sure I excelled in all of my art classes throughout elementary to high school. I am now in college and my major is fine arts. Everyday I feel as if I'm becoming closer to fulfilling my goal of becoming a comic book inker. 

2.     There is a certain feeling that comes over me as I begin to draw and ink my work. As I sit down and begin to draw I can feel myself becoming engrossed in my work. I completely and utterly become lost in my own world of my creations and nothing that surrounds me matters anymore. Like when a writer gets lost as they write, I get lost in my own world and time becomes insignificant to me. I feel as if my creations have life to them and each of my own drawings have a story to tell. Art is a passion of mine and it's what I am good at. I love the look on people's faces when they look at my art work. It is a great feeling when people say, "Wow! That is amazing", it reassures me that what I`m doing, not only am I good at it, other people can see that I`m good as well. Drawing or inking really makes me happy, its the only thing that makes me feel important. Everyone supports me because they can see my passion and drive every time I pick up a pen. That is why I just can't quit art and decide to do something else in life. It really is a big part of my life and I can't get rid of it. My parents support me more than ever and so do my art teachers from high school. My art brings joy to everyone around me and I want to convey the feelings I have when I draw through my art to other people.

3.     To become a comic book inker I need to go to school and build a portfolio. I am building my portfolio by taking art classes in college and by drawing on my free time. I could also become an intern for artists, which seems a lot of fun knowing I could be an intern for a comic book artist. I checked online and noticed that Marvel Comics take in college interns. I applied for an internship at Marvel Comics because I think it would help me on my path to becoming a comic book inker.

4.     Some challenges that I am facing is finding a job as a comic book inker. It's a problem for me because comic book artists tend to work alone and don't want to hire someone to ink in there own work. Comic book inkers are also looked down upon because we "trace lines" but it is nothing like that. Comic book inking takes an artists pencil drawing and goes over it with ink. We can take the black ink and make the image pop off the page, and depth into the picture. Inking also helps prepare the page to be ready for printing. As an inker we must know about architecture, scale and perspective just as much as a penciler would know. We also need to know about how to use the two colors, black and white. Inkers also need to work fast so we can keep up with the constant work. It's also very expensive to be a comic book inker because we have to keep up with ink pens, or brushes, Indian Ink, rulers, etc. 

5.     Comic book art is amazing to me, I can sit down and flip through pages for hours just looking at the artwork. This is a passion of mine and I want to make my dream come to fruition. I want to finish school so looking for a job wont be so hard for me. I want to build a great portfolio so artists can fall in love with my artwork. I want people to be amazed that I made it happen for myself. Becoming a comic book artist wont be easy but that wont stop me from letting it happen.