inking speed

[skillman]

I am illustrator who decided to try in the field of inking. I have some experience in inking illustrations and when I tried with sequential comics I encountered the problem of speed. If I am to answer the demands of industry I probably must be able to ink like one page a day . I find it to be quite hard; I somehow managed to ink one page in a very extensive day and I would probably burn out in 3-4 consecutive days of such a work. I ink with markers (0,5.. 0,2 ..0,1.. 0,03 .. and big marker for large areas). You can see some of my works here; skillman.deviantart.com/gallery/#comic-book-illustration
Could you please suggest WHAT ARE THE BASIC ISSUES IN GETTING SPEED IN INKING (that some inkers can ink 2-3 pages a day is beyond my comprehension ....also, in some tutorials I've seen nobody seams to hurry too much)

[clockwerkj]

The inks you are doing look typical of Marker work. For some guys they work & work fast, but I find that if used for the wrong things they will slow you down. Start working with a brush & Crow Quill pens. the learning curve is longer, but the eventual returns on quality are great. If you are in a rush, you will do poor quality work & will then not get work. Its better to be slow & do good work initially than it is to do fast bad work. I typically work 14hr days 6-7 days a week & do 1 1/2 to 3 pages a day.