Digital Pen and Ink Illustrations
Here are some of my assignments from earlier this semester.
For my Illustration Techniques class, our first assignment was to draw a line/pen and ink illustration, which we “inked” on the computer.
This is my sketch for the illustration.
We were able to draw anything we wanted and I chose a superior (top) view of the heart valves.
The next step was to bring this sketch into Corel Painter and to start tracing over my lines with the brush tool. As I started creating this illustration on the computer with my Wacom tablet (a tablet that you draw on by using a stylus/digital pen- which allows the user to draw straight on the computer) I realized that some of the lines I had initially drawn in my sketch needed to be changed. I made these changes on my Wacom tablet as I created the illustration.
Here’s my final illustration:
I really enjoyed working on this illustration and would definitely like to do some more line drawings in the future!
Medical Illustrator/Animator in Training 
The pen and ink techniques are outstanding. Looking forward to seeing more posts.
Hi there,
Beautiful work! I found this illustration through a simple google search… Trying to find tips on replicating the inking I do with a real pen+nib while using my wacom tablet.
Do you have any tips on what kind of brush setting to use?
Thank you!! There are some nice brushes that you can use in Corel Painter. Their scratchboard tools/brushes replicate inking with a pen and nib really well when using a wacom tablet. I’ve also customized some brushes in Photoshop and have found those to work well too.