Scott Williams speed inking

[@scottwilliams2581]

On average, I spend between 8 and 10 hours of actual work time on a page. I inked the panel in this demo in about 45 minutes of real time.

[@mongverongpi2991]

😱😱😱

[@user-iq2lp5bg9r]

Is that the brush pen that you used at the beginning?

[@KOMONPEEPOL]

... Mr Williams ?

[@impendingdoom385]

Amazing work!

[@loringbush1455]

Wow! Amazing! I know that you inked alot of Jim Lee's artwork. Was X-Men the first comic you inked?

[@tiffy717]

The music scared the crap out of me

[@janneniemela1184]

ye

[@darrenbutler4450]

lOL IM DIED

[@manchul]

Tiffany C lol me too (English for my bad sorry)

[@samurai_v94]

lmao i feel you😂

[@patrickmpalanyi5070]

Tiffany C same

[@thrallath]

*cracks fingers* Alright looks straight forward enough I can do this. *spills entire bottle of ink over the paper* ...Fuck.

[@thrallath]

Dino G Haha. I feel like that would be most of the people here. XD

[@poolidoor]

lucky you , i did spill a whole 500ml of ink on the floor and the ink just bounce to the ceilling ( and it was in a furnished rented apartment, so not only did i mess with my drawing but also my apartment ( never get those plastic ink bottles by the way )

[@franzdelasieste6914]

Thrallath I did that today but spilt half a bottle of India black star ink all over my comforter putting the ink away... I need another table...

[@MrNeon2341]

Thrallath I

[@nickm.4274]

Perfect abstract art. I can sense the emotion from here. How does 20 million sound for your masterpiece?

[@NugrohoPangestu08122002]

OHH GOD!!! thx for the little heart attack from the suddenly loud music!

[@eshiadeserriere8913]

Same!

[@valentinvd4769]

+stellvia hoenheim "dieded"? Seriously?

[@konstantinlobmayr3158]

VD Studio its a meme on 9gag

[@valentinvd4769]

Konstantin Lobmayr oh i understand now

[@chrysigabriel543]

Nugroho Pangestu 😂

[@RobertMarzullo]

Amazing work. I wish I could master a brush like that. I jumped on the digital band wagon but I still respect the talent of the brush and crow quill. Keep up the awesome work!

[@alexsanimeart5706]

I only plan to use digital to edit drawings. There's a certain satisfaction in drawing traditionally that I want to keep

[@Khaldryn]

I was planning on going full digital but after watching this, the old Comic Book Greats videos, and VZA's Jim Lee videos, I think I will go full traditional. Time to get some supplies!

[@MrRomes123]

I come back to this video every now and then and it always blows my mind!! Amazing work

[@scottwilliams2581]

MrRomes123 Thank you MrRomes, and everyone who's been leaving comments. Very glad people find this video entertaining. I promise to make a new video soon!

[@MrRomes123]

Scott Williams Wow, you're very welcome. I look forward to more videos :D

[@Zawan]

and then NEVER MADE ANOTHER VIDEO,... !!!!!

[@lynxsland5069]

Its been 8 years

[@AustrianEgg]

@@scottwilliams2581 9 years now...

[@ScottCooperStudio]

I appreciate the occasional real time moments, showcasing how deliberate and thoughtful each stroke is. I wish people would post the actual length of time a project like this consumes.

[@scottwilliams2581]

You are absolutely correct. Brushes are much more efficient and multipurpose. And a good brush makes the job all the easier and is much more forgiving to learn than a nib.

[@nigg1612]

I've been watching so much howtobasic that i thought he was going to splatter the ink over the drawing lol

[@TheGeekArtist]

Lmao

[@qweppy7040]

Zedthy my eyes have been blessed with the titties \( •^• )/ praise the titty

[@datphung3429]

Urprofile pic is from hentai?

[@nunezfs]

You need Jesus

[@mrtechnogeek00]

If that was me, I'd be so nervous I'd drench the page with sweat! So much precision, and you make it look so easy!

[@Saladon89]

lol if it was me, i would've accidentally drop the bottled ink on the page. u gots to be very patient for this

[@Dezigningart]

Saladon89 I've been drawing for years, and I still don't have that kind of precision. (or patience). All that just to make something he already drew permanent. o.o

[@TitanDraugen]

I'm surprised he didn't get any smudges. That ink dries quickly.

[@suctionhong6728]

same

[@kiwiclover9486]

Draugen or he's a god

[@togaoppai7317]

Hes also not dragging his hand on the paper

[@thegamingillustrator]

I find amsterdam acrylic inks to dry fast without smudges like, jimmy johns level of speed.

[@Visual_Writer]

Yeah, he starts at the bottom

[@shawz10]

Hey this is really cool, but you didnt have to speed it up so much. I think people would really appreciate watching some of the lines being made in real time speed. It would add to the educational value off the video!

[@scottwilliams2581]

I hear that a lot, and I will try an post a slowed down version soon.

[@shawz10]

Scott Williams Cool, thats great to hear! Nothing better than being able to watch a master at work!

[@bmpink]

shawz10 Guess that never happened.

[@jrpipik]

Completely agree.

[@danebarrett237]

I agree. I could watch you ink a whole page in real time as long as I remembered to go pee first hahaha...

[@RehAdventures]

Brush control, wow. The risk put into making that with a paintbrush was high and you did it with no problem.

[@xblueexilex111]

RehAdventures I don’t think that a paint brush it’s actually a pen

[@petemarquez8759]

Blue Exile that's a paint brush NOT a pen.

[@fridadiaz6386]

The look of your dog in the backround was hilarious cx, he's so cute

[@nickogartcomics1947]

I keep coming back to this vid over the years and it's incredible every single time!

[@doriwalla]

0:38 trying to give me a heart attack...

[@ellainefajardo102]

HAHHAHAHAH SAMEEE IVE ALMOST SHAT MY PANTS

[@whiterabbit6958]

Thank you for putting the time for when it starts lol. I have bad anxiety when loud noises happen, and I started to freak out when I read the comments that something was gonna happen. 😂

[@whiterabbit6958]

Didn't want to miss the video over it. xD

[@seanwarren9357]

Instantly featured. How I wish we had all this media back in the 90's... Thank you for decades of inspiration, Mr. Williams!

[@scottwilliams2581]

Thanks for the kind words. Anything I can to inspire makes all the hard work worth while.

[@ka5tar]

All those lines and strokes with a brush, that's really amazing!!

[@CliffNewton]

I enjoy watching these types of videos for inspiration. They never fail me.

[@BatFan1]

it's unreal how you made those lines look like you were still using a quill. I had read that you switched from quill to brush during the Batman Hush arc and here you demonstrate it doesn't matter what you use your technique is flawless.

[@dunetiger]

I remember seeing some older Lee stuff before he started working with you. A world of difference. You made me understand at a very young age just how important your job is and I consider you two inseparable.

[@scottwilliams2581]

I've used a both brushes and quills for almost 25 years, but started doing a lot more of the brush work starting with Hush. Now I mix it up quite a bit on any given page. This was done with a brush exclusively just so I could speed up the video process.

[@KJensenStudio]

I loved the varied hatching combined with the looser sktchy style in the corners. It made the whole thing way more dynamic. Thanks for posting this! :-)

[@YeahOkay3000]

Scott Williams giving us a glimpse into how the magic is made...and with a SICK song! More like this please.

[@Creator_Nater]

Wow! THE Scott Williams! Great video, ppl complain because they want a how-to video. I remember when I was a kid I would draw all the little tapers in the lines with technical pens, before I found out they came naturally from a brush. You were, and are an inspiration, Sir.

[@XDivineintervensioNX]

kind of take for granted how much effort goes into these pages. Good job love the work and keep it up.

[@Vignalistudio]

That is crazy good...really beautiful calligraphy with the brush. You know, I kept waiting to see what you were going to do with the ink bottle. Every artist has their own system for the ink bottle, left side, right side, below...but you held onto it the entire time. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that before.

[@chriscorley6478]

Beautiful stuff. Nothing but respect for this disciplined high quality master artform! 😱

[@animefan1066]

I think the the most underappreciated part of this video is how long it must have taken and all this inking just for one panel. One freaking panel. And as many have said before, without smudging or splattering any of the ink either. All in one sitting. What in the world?

[@robertallen7794]

I love this man's work. One of my favorite comic inkers. An artist himself.

[@silvermane9370]

Brings back memories back in the 1970s I used to love photocopying the black and white Marvel reprints sold in the UK and re-ink them myself. I had some of my original stuff exhibited by my college. Then I gave it all up to go and be a supermarket manager 😱. I am such an arse. Love this work.

[@kigawman]

To Mr. Scott Williams: I applaud that you are now interacting with your fans! You made me a subscriber of your channel. Thank You!!

[@gremlincomicsllc3126]

Scott Williams the GOD of inking . I never knew who you was but watched you many times from this video . Ricardo Mackey Creator of Phantom Raven and the Superior Strangers

[@artiene87]

Awesome video! I love how it slows down in certain spots to show actual speed of your strokes then speeds up again. keep posting!

[@GalacticGod]

Wow, this was incredible to watch!

[@nirvanaisalive6480]

Wow..whole new respect for inkers..wow..I especially n surprisingly like the subtle "accidental addition or changes in original drawing when inking. It also bears a certain artistic license along with responsibility while inking without harming drawing but rather enhancing it. OR..WOW..great great work.

[@Proggydan]

This is something I always wanted to see : a close up view of Mr. Scott Williams at work. Possibly the best inker alongside Terry Austin in the comic book industry.

[@PersonalJesus97]

that intro was a jump scare of the highest caliber

[@jerrybarrax5618]

Outstanding work by one of the best inkers in the trade.

MASTER. i grew watching your art. is a pleasure to see you here on youtube.

[@vincentsy3655]

Watching inside a silent room. Then at 0:39 the music started playing. WAHAHAHA!!! Thank you for letting us in on the process of making art. WOW!!! You are great Mr Scott Williams.

[@31leoceara]

Wow, I have been looking for a Scott Williams video on youtube for a looong time! Thank you so much, Mr. Williams! I really hope you do more of these!

[@TrueTeranell]

I just wish the camera would spin and shift and zoom less, it makes me dizzy plus its difficult to see properly whats going on... shame

[@christiancabrera8926]

Rhys Pollock well all he did was time lapse. He didn't focus on the actually camera angles. He recorded himself doing it but I'm sure if it was regular speed it wouldn't be as bad and jerky on the eyes.

[@dons9063]

late comment but for anyone who’s wondering the same, it’s not the camera moving it’s the paper! He’s prob doing it to 1. Avoiding smugding, and 2. lines are easier and convenient to draw with an inward stroke with dip pens

[@danebarrett237]

Phenomenal. Proof these guys would be nothing without you! There was an Uncanny(273? 4?) That was pencilled by Jim Lee, Whilce, larry Stroman, terry Shoemaker, John Byrne, etc., and inked by... Uh... YOU! Tour de force!

[@patrickcha9885]

I can't believe it took so long for me to find this. I absolutely love Jim Lee, but nobody can ink like Scott Williams. JL stuff looks so flat when someone else inks. Thanks so much for this, Scott.

[@MaddysComicart]

Very interesting, I've seen quite a few comic artists lining with a brush and ink, I learned with a quill so I'm curious to try which one has better overall resuslts

[@LacedMetal]

I love that you use a brush to ink with. As someone who primarily works in acrylic, this is something I should look into trying. Now, is that years old calligraphy ink well any good...

[@blacktearsforshow]

I am swooning over this. You're brush control is amazing. Whenever I try to ink with brushes it never wants to behave.

[@sdovas]

Here he comes Here comes Speed Inker He's a demon with brush He's a demon and he's gonna be Earning all his page rate He's dipped his Raphael and The page will come alive! Whether the publisher will Only put out Jive! And when the odds are against him & the Pencils suck, You bet your life Speed Inker Sees it through! Go Speed Inker! Go Speed Inker! Speed Inker good luuuuck!

[@x4v4n7g4rd3f4c3]

I can't imagine how many hundreds and thousands of hours it takes to get this good. So fascinating to watch.

[@benmarxxshow]

A legend of comics! I'm lucky enough to have a page of Danger Girl art that you inked, and it is simply incredible. Brush work is beautiful.

[@Eesoteric43]

I love the flourish you put on the end of your strokes!

[@pop_star]

Scott Williams + Jim Lee = PERFECTION.

[@dForrestTheComicker]

SICK! You make it look so easy man. Brushes terrify me...

[@dancingwithbones14]

God, this is so amazing. Look at those beautiful lines. Wonderful.

[@RobertMarzullo]

I think I already commented on this but just in case I didn't.......FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!! Nuff said. :)

[@codeblue941]

Hey Robert! I have been subscribed to your page for about a year. Just wanted to say hello and laugh at the coincidence of us randomly seeing the same vid only 3 hours apart.

[@BradFitzpatrick1]

Good lord that was amazing. One of the all-time best inkers in the game right here. I could have watched you ink a whole page in real time. Great video editing as well.. I appreciated the small real time instances. PLEASE POST MORE VIDEOS!

[@PixiePrincess501]

(mouth agape) I've never seen anyone ink a comic using just a brush... o_o It's amazing! Nice job!

[@PixiePrincess501]

***** Well, yeah, I know, I'm just saying this is the first time I see someone doing it, not just observing the finished drawing =^-^=

[@NormanJCalderaIII]

Just wow. Beautiful. Your control is exquisite.

[@Checker222]

Outstandingly spectacular! Please post more of these, and in real time... even if it's raw, with little to no editing, no music, totally silent, or whatever, just watching your brush work is incredible!

[@xntrick]

Scott williams and jim lee. The golden team. And has been for more than 25 years.

[@a.ocasion5303]

My art is always in need of a great inker. I will never say my work is mine because the inker brings out the shine in my art. Great job!

[@stevehesselman]

Scott, this is so great to see - thanks for posting (guess I'm a little late to the party, but its new to me!). I've admired your work on various artists for years, including Superman Unchained of course. I had no idea you used brushes so much - your lines always look so sharp, I had thought they must be pens. I'd love to learn even a fraction of that control... this has seriously inspired me to go out and buy a brush or two and practice some new techniques.

[@lowhp_comic]

This video was not played at a faster speed.... This is pretty much how he works.....

[@kiwiclover9486]

Princess Lucina yup he's a god

[@juliuslauge3524]

Hth

[@melquizedec]

I just read all the HUSH comic....thanks for your hard work inking that, Mr Williams!

[@danielgriffith7323]

Aint going to lie, i bet thats so relaxing and therapeutic.

[@Astromerc]

OMG!! Scott uses a brush!!! A BRUSH!!!Okay so now I need to re-evaluate my inking process . Great work Mr. Williams!!! You are a master of comic book art!

[@fatbeardie5353]

man my drawing look like someone wiped their ass with a rag drenched in puke and threw it on a piece of paper.

[@ayushmanharlalka702]

TootTootMcbumbersnazzle so true lol

[@RojoProX]

Honestly, you're not wrong. That is exactly how modern art is sadly. It's all meaning with no skill ~_~

[@rondremolo5052]

+TootTootMcbumbersnazzle that joke is too real :(

[@castertroy6347]

just print a pic and trace it..

[@HartyBiker]

TootTootMcbumbersnazzle I think you'd probably have more luck selling it as modern art if someone legitimately wiped their arse with a rag covered in puke and then threw it on a peice of paper. Modern art seems to have an affinity for the vulgar.

[@legomypancakes]

you got to respect the level of patience that goes into this

[@Schnitzelwirt4life]

i would never have the patience to draw something like this, but respect to him.

[@TXFDA]

I do love these kinds of videos, and you're pretty damn good at that. I do wish the camera was a bit more still though. All the rapid movement makes me a bit nauseous. Especially while tired. Great work though. The jumpy camera doesn't make the work any less amazing.

[@docolomansky00]

Great job, your sensitivity towards every stroke is sublime!

[@MrBrunoRodak]

This is amazing.. Beautiful inking technique.. :D I ink with pen only and whenever I see such a mastery of a brush I marvel at it.. :) And you sir are the master..

[@JoeYT23]

Great work,by one of my favorites inkers, one of the top bests!

[@Evoldog]

Scott Williams/Jim Lee collaboration is like Scorsese/Deniro collaboration. Magic!!!

[@Dinabinachama]

Amazing work! I would never have thought such finesse was possible with a brush! I would like to try this style of inking out in the future. Look forward to seeing more of your and Jim's finished pieces :)

[@BreeCRossi]

Beginner inker here, coming from a fine art painting background. I see you mentioned the name of the super fancy brush but what SIZE? Also is there a sable brush thats more affordable for a beginner? LOVE your work. Thanks for posting!

[@crakoa1254]

Actually you could use a pentel aquabrush fine tip... I've been using that for years... it's cheap and so awesome to use and its a Windsor and Newton brush series 3 alot of inkers use that brush

[@dagan8659]

@@crakoa1254 series 7* and not that, he is using a raphael, it said in description.

[@Doogerauoy]

Must be a challenge inking Jim Lee's stuff.

[@hcanderson3787]

You just may have a future in this business! Incredible.

[@unclejohnthezef]

even your dog 2:27 stares in astonishment. awesome inks. Loved your work on cyberforce.

[@whiteknightofkaos]

I just start getting into inking. Using a brush you have to know what you doing and know the brush well. I probably could do that. But I would use a hard brush. That way I would have more control over it like a pencil. I tip my hat off to Mr.Williams and all the inkers.

[@jaytamayo4694]

Patience!!! Just imagine the tons of work he has given for that single rectagular alone.

HUSH!!!! Its the supreme inking work!

[@3iHard]

awesome work dear god, those skills with just a brush!

[@Astromerc]

OMG!! Scott uses a brush!!! A BRUSH!!!Okay so now I need to re-evaluate my inking process . Fucking great work Mr. Williams!!! You are a master of comic book art!

[@romulo560]

Awesome video! Please make more! Please please.

[@claytonjohnson5092]

thought he was gonna use a dip pen. but a paintbrush worked awesome

[@felicisfox9086]

I've tried inking with a brush and it's so hard to get the fine lines you need. The control required to ink like this is tremendous, it must take a lifetime of practice!

[@claytonjohnson5092]

felicisfox I've never tried it. I use g pen. what do you use?

[@felicisfox9086]

I use multiliners! I find them much easier to control the line width. The only time I'll use a bottle of ink right now is if I'm drawing something looser/less graphical.

[@claytonjohnson5092]

felicisfox nice. I use those too. only time I use those is when I'm filling in a space that I erased with whiteout or something.

[@claytonjohnson5092]

felicisfox also for drawing panel lines

[@melodylawqiuyi]

I like how when he made the mistake of inking over the pencil line he didn't panic or erase it but just decided to add new details of his own to cover up. Now that is a good artist!

[@GenX1979]

This is a great video, loved watching it, thank you for sharing!!

[@indiepunkftw]

Lmfao I got so excited once the music started. Great technique and vid.

[@CT2507]

i like that you don't rush it but give attention to each line.

[@Vergil7553]

the internet should have more videos of Scott Williams inking

[@walkingintopeople]

Great work! What are you inking on top of? The original drawing? A photocopy of the original? A trace? How do you handle mistakes?

[@marcuswhitfield7706]

scott williams, klaus jansen & todd mcfarlane= best inkers ever

[@bentontramell]

Jim Lee is so detailed...inking his work must be time intensive versus other artists. Zip-a-tone galore.

[@calla.artist]

that's some serious brush control skills there omg

[@dipeshmohanty9038]

ur the best inker in comic history!

[@hemidesign]

Scott Williams.. YOU'RE INSANE!!!

[@rscully5]

Scott Williams is my hero. Wow.

[@HoldmeZarya]

Good God, simply phenomenal