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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

@brettbooth.bsky.social thanks for the repost! Always fun to ink your stuff, glad you liked it!

Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

And the final image! I took good pics and scans before adding the red so i could colour it digitally in the future. But i thought the splash of red would make it look good to frame up and hang on the wall.

An 11 inch by 17 inch traditionally inked comic page of a ninja turtle, the angriest one of all on a moonlit night overlooking NYC

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Angry Turtle Part 2 Bluelined pencils printed out on 11x17 strathmore bristol 300 smooth plate Inks done with a 1:1 mix of higgins eternal and kurtake zig special black 60 Using a one-dip-nib and no2 round sable brush by TomsStudio

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Dont post as much as i had been on here. But here are my inks on bluelined pencils by @brettbooth.bsky.social Angry Turtle Parts 2-5 and final image in the comments! #inking #inker #comicart #comicinker #tmnt #ninjaturtles #turtlepower #coolbutrood #brettbooth

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Brendan Albetski @brendanalbetski.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Just wrapped my pencils for "INHERITANCE" #1! Excited that this is just the beginning of this series. Major thanks to @dougawood.bsky.social for bringing me on to this book, and I can't wait to see what @travisjamesinks.bsky.social does with the inks! #comicsky

A man in a bug costume punches a man in a crow costume

subsequent panels of a woman and a man looking concerned

A man dressed like Ric Flair puts a comforting hand on his nephew's shoulder

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Working on a commission with some halftone, stay tuned at the end for a message from the INHERITANCE team My first full comic, INHERITANCE is in its final 42 hours on kickstarter My inks and colours on a story by Doug Wood and pencils by Brendan Albetski #comicart #indiecomics #kickstarter

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

With 48 hours to go we still have over 100 followers waiting to take a plunge. If we could get a few to kick us off we would have a chance at our goal. @brendanalbetski.bsky.social and @travisjamesinks.bsky.social and I promise its worth your hard earned money! www.kickstarter.com/projects/174...

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Inheritance #1

He never wanted to apart of his supervillain dad’s life. Now he stands to inherit it all, including those buddies who want a piece…

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Its a NEW DAY! That means only 9 days and $1,971 remain for our goal. @brendanalbetski.bsky.social is a brilliant artist who is offering a chance to get sketch cards from him on the cheap. Only 1 of @travisjamesinks.bsky.social inked pages remain. Help this team! www.kickstarter.com/projects/174...

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Inheritance #1

He never wanted to apart of his supervillain dad’s life. Now he stands to inherit it all, including those buddies who want a piece…

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Travis, Brendan and I have had a blast getting this comic started. You backing it will allow us to get it finished! Snag a reward tier today

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Couldnt figure out what i wanted on the billboards in times square in the background...and then randomly had the idea to put the banners in there for rogers the musical, because it entertained me.

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Inheritance #1

He never wanted to apart of his supervillain dad’s life. Now he stands to inherit it all, including those buddies who want a piece…

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

For the Venom I used a zebra titanium G nib on a fountain pen by ackerman pens (Brilliant pens for traditional quills, definitely worth trying out. Check back in tomorrow for timelapse of finishing it off from this point!

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

ICYMI Inheritance #1 on Kickstarter is offering some killer rewards. @travisjamesinks.bsky.social has physically inked pages. And @brendanalbetski.bsky.social has sketch cards available. www.kickstarter.com/projects/174...

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

INHERITANCE no1 is live on kickstarter! If someone with 250+ issues of pencils done for the big two thinks its worth checking out, maybe you should too! www.instagram.com/stories/scot... #comics #indiecomics #comicartist #scoteaton #comicart #inker #colorartist #kickstarter

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

My inks on some Scot Eaton pencils from 2022 If you havent checked it out yet, my first comic where i do the inks and colours for the full issue is live on kickstarter! (link in the comments) #comics #xmen #marvel6167 #excalibur #forge #xmenlegends #scoteaton #claremont #blackandwhite #inking

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Comix 4 All : Ink & Insight www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqR... Fugitive Poems Comics www.youtube.com/live/S53MnFU...

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Thank you to everyone that has backed the project already! You can check out the kickstarter, as well as both pocast interviews at the links below! Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/174...

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Inheritance #1

His father amassed wealth and a criminal empire second to none and now he stands ready to inherit everything he never wanted.

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

INHERITANCE is live on kickstarter now! Doug, Brendan, and I sat down with Ink & Insight as well as Fugitive Poems Comics for their podcasts to talk about Inheritance and nerd out about comics! #kickstarter #comics #comicartist #comicbooks #indiecomic #indiecomics #colorartist #inker #comicinker

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

A couple of mates suggested that the pencils may be from V Ken Marion

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

You like comics? Would you be into a supervillain thriller? Mix in a heavy dose of family drama? Inheritance is coming soon to Kickstarter A man is set to inherit his father’s whole empire despite walking a way years before. Too bad so many supervillains think their owed a piece of the legacy

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

All the pages were physically inked then digitally cleaned up. Great pieces for me to practice on, and I've been getting direct feedback from Eaton himself as I complete each page which has been a huge help in pushing me to get even better. Eaton's Insta: www.instagram.com/scoteatonart/

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Timelapse inkreveal and a few comparisons between pencils and inks. These pages are all from Scot Eaton from X-Men Legends no.12 (2022) with story by Chris Claremont. #xmen #mutants #timelapse #nightcrawler #shadowcat #lockheed #inking #penandink #blackandwhite #marvel #marvelcomics #marvel616

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

down to it, there is still a fundamental right way and wrong way to do it. A difference between something being Inked vs being Line-art. What do you think? Do you prefer a certain style? Do you see/notice a difference? Does it make a difference to you when reading a comic?

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Id be curious to see where others weigh in on this, maybe I'm biased because of my focus and all the work at it for the last year and 100+ pages later. Don't get me wrong, different inkers have different styles for sure, some very very recognizable, but I cant help but think that when you get

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Line weight is the biggest way to do this, as a part of an object gets closer to the camera, the line weights should be thicker, the farther away it is, the thinner it should be. This is what helps create the volume of illusion. Now my son, tried to argue that its a matter of style.

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

by multiple publishers that are "inked" with a lot of cleanup needing to be done that shouldn't have been published. Whats been drilled into me is that with comic art we are taking a 3d object and displaying it as a 2d image, which means we have to work as artists to give it volume and life.

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

laid down, and enhancing it. With texture, with shading, with perspective. Ive been handed pages to colour and seen pages included for talent searches by publishers that are "inked" where ive had to go back and pretty much re-ink the entire page before tackling the colours. Even published pages

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I was fortunate enough to come to the attention of a pro inker with 20+ years of experience (12 professionally) and get a lot of one on one coaching and feedback on virtually every piece ive posted. Inking, is NOT just covering your pencil lines in black. It is interpreting what the penciler has

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

you know my focus for the last year and a bit has been working towards being an inker. Lots of reading, lots of practice, lots and lots of lines pulled with pretty much any kind of pen or brush you can think of capable of laying down a black line. I read books by Martin, by Janson, and others.

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

IF you look at the two black and white versions, they ARE different. I did some of the work on a separate layer as an example to show my son in the difference between line-art or tracing, vs Inking. Pardon the proverbial proselytizing but here goes... If you have been following me at all

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Side by side and comparisons of the Winter Soldier piece I posted a video of earlier. Again, pencils by Casey Jones (www.instagram.com/caseyjonesart/), inks and colours by me #wintersoldier #buckybarns #marvel #marvel616 #supersoldier #comics #comicart #comiccolours #inking #inker

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

If you want to check out more of Casey Jones work head over to www.instagram.com/caseyjonesart/ If you want to keep up on what I'm working on you can find all my socials over at lnk.bio/travisjamesinks

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Did this piece up the other night. Original is a sketch by Casey Jones. Ive been experimenting a lot more with colour to branch out in addition to my inks and I upgraded my Veikk to an XPPen #wintersoldier #buckybarns #marvel #marvel616 #supersoldier #comics #comicart #comiccolours #inking #inker

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

www.tiktok.com/@travisjames... www.instagram.com/travis.james... (Or if you want to find ALL my various links lnk.bio/travisjamesinks )

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Oh wow, okay yeah been a while since ive posted. Not that I'm not active, just that I seem to keep forgetting about bluesky with everything else going on! Okay a few updates coming, so hang tight as I try to catch everyone up! I am a lot more active on my TT and insta to stay more up to date!

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Travis James @travisjamesinks.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Its been a fun project, happy to be on board! Really fun bouncing ideas off you lads to get that feel/look we wanted!

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Big shout out to @travisjamesinks.bsky.social who I met through the Yeti discord. He has an infectious drive to make comics. Inspiring me to do more. So lucky that he offered to work with me when the previous artist bailed on the project. His inks and colors are 👨‍🍳 Art by Brendan Albetski

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