Well, I'll tell ya... When it comes to progs for artwork, I'm not the best one to talk to. I'm stuck with photoshop 6.0 at the moment. I'm trying to get my company to upgrade my computers. I'm working a MAC G3 with OS 8.6 So, you KNOW I need to upgrade. They want me to do more stuff, but without the updated OS I can't do anything and the computer is archival at best anymore. So, I'm trying to get a G5 and laptop with Xternal HDD's and a Cintique
Doubt all that'll happen tho.
Anyways, The program I use for all the work you've see thus far, inking wise... is Adobe Illustrator. And, in Illustrator I have two methods of inking. This one, is with the calligraphy brush tool and a wacom tablet. Just practicing with pressure and the line weights... in time you become fairly awesome at it. Little longer to work on a piece if you're doing seqentials, but the work itself rocks.
I am trying to get Painter 9 for my updated inventory when I get a chance. Either that or the Alias Sketchbook Pro.
Thanks a lot guys and gals!
If you want to see more of my work...
You can go to http:alphamalezulu4.deviantart.com
There's some stuff over there that I couldn't even think of where to start to post here lol.
Later and I'll work up a tutorial in short time.