This may seem like a very obvious tip but make sure to always wait about 30-40 second after inking. If you don't wait long enough for the ink to dry, when you add marker or rub your hand on the paper, it will smear. Sometimes when you ink, you might find it difficult to keep a straight line. My solution to that is to just to slowly do little bits on the drawing. If you draw too much too quickly, you might add a line you won't want. It also depends on what pens you're using to ink. If you're using micron pens, you'll have to wait 30-40 seconds as I said before. If you're using a type of pen that has a lot of ink, you may have to wait longer.
They also have different colored pens so you can add color to your drawings with pen ink. Depending on what size pen tip you have, you may get more ink out of every line. Most of the time, people will use the smaller pen tip for inking the mouth, eyes, and other more detailed lines. You could also use the wider pen tips to ink thicker lines like the clothing and the shoes (if your drawing has shoes). It all really depends on what you like to ink with, if you like to ink. These are just some of the basic tips to get your inking perfectly so that you don't mess up your lines and you come out with a great drawing.
This post was extremely useful. You shot some great facts at me that I didn't even know about before reading. For example, waiting 30-40 seconds before inking, that's extremely helpful. I also love how you talked about the pen's tip thickness. Good post.
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