If ya want a smooth line, I would suggest inking with a brush. (I like using the Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable brush, size #2.) Now, I have had students with shaky hands that had a problem with a brush. Just be confident when inking.
"It’s the greatest strength and the greatest weakness of the discipline (inking) involved. The greatest strength because there is an inherent rightness, an inherent satisfaction in being able to reduce your focus and awareness to two microscopic points. It isn’t Zen-like. It is Zen. When it is working, you achieve a state of inner serenity and calm that is unmatched elsewhere in day-to-day life."
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With iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, in the Inking and Calligraphy brushes there is an automatic feature that steadies lines. It is pretty amazing.
If ya want a smooth line, I would suggest inking with a brush. (I like using the Winsor & Newton Series 7 sable brush, size #2.) Now, I have had students with shaky hands that had a problem with a brush. Just be confident when inking.
"It’s the greatest strength and the greatest weakness of the discipline (inking) involved. The greatest strength because there is an inherent rightness, an inherent satisfaction in being able to reduce your focus and awareness to two microscopic points. It isn’t Zen-like. It is Zen. When it is working, you achieve a state of inner serenity and calm that is unmatched elsewhere in day-to-day life."
-Dave Sim (CEREBUS GUIDE TO SELF-PUBLISHING-1997)
If this works, there's a bigtime opportunity for marketing to shaky inkers. I for one will be watching with great interest.
Well! I'll keep this in mind for future reference!