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January 9, 2026 · by Billi Drewit

My Inking Process, Start to Finish

My Inking Process, Start to Finish

Every page starts as a loose blue-pencil pass, fast and ugly, just to find the composition.

Then I tighten with a hard pencil before switching to a brush pen for the final line — thick where things are close, thin where they fade back.

The last step is always the same: a cup of tea, and one slow read-through to catch the lines I rushed.