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i believe this falls under collaberation but im not sure
but anyway
i have a problem with inking, i do almost all of my drawings directly in photoshop(7) i start off in a color like blue and do and get a rouch drawing and keep refining till i get a pretty close image i want, then when i finally get to the point to go over it in black on a new layer i just plain suck, i cant keep a steady width, i shake too much, and im too impacient, and by the time i get to this point in the drawing i have lost most of my attention and have grown bored with the drawing

Sooo
i was curious if there was any talented peoples who could digitally ink my drawings for me
and if so what format should it be in? i believe psd is specific to the version of photoshop,(IE you cant use psd made with 7 with a cs version and viseversa) i was think PNG would be a good choice.

any body interested?

I personaly think that your inking looks just fine.

I understand how much patience you need for inking (I don't have this either.) and how much your hand can shake while inking (Again, I too have this problem.)

But you shouldn't rely on another person to ink your drawings for you, you should figure out a style of inking that works best for you. If you can't figure out how to do it on your own at this time, when the time comes when you must ink your own drawings, your not going to know how too.

I am in no way trying to be mean or anything when I say this, nor am I against Colabs. Colabs are fun, and I have inked some peices for some before. But the problem with one inking someone elses pictures is they have a very strong possibility to miss something, usualy something that may be important to the peice, like leaving out some folds in the clothing, imporantant accessories, ect. I know because I have infact missed some stuff while inking anothers drawing, which is why I don't perfer to do it.

As I said, I too had problems with inking. It took me forever to figure out how to get nice clean inks from photoshop. There is more than just one tool in photoshop to ink your drawings, you don't have to limit yourself to the paintbrush tool (I perfer the pen tool myself, it's nifty, even though it might seem alittle confusing at first.) I would be more than willing to share with you some things I've learned about inking in photoshop if you want, but when it comes to inking your drawings, I think it would be best if you did it yourself.

Art can be discouraging at time, I know this all too well, but try to keep a positive mind, and keep practicing! The more you practice, the better you'll get!

lol you have me pinned(how come people can figure me out so easily from my posts?)
i have been pretty much relying on the brush tool cuz my experiance with the pen tool(from years ago)
confuzed the fudge out of me
any tips would be appreciated. i might look up some tutorials
but i still kinda wanna see how someone else would go about inking one of my pics

The pen tool confused me as well, and I actually used to hate it. I refused to have anything to do with it. That is untill one day I got fed up with the brush tools shananagans and I sat down and started to play with the pen tool, and I acutally found it pretty easy when I got the simple stuff down.

I'll send you a message here in a few to explain how I got to understand the pen tool. ^^

Awesomesause, i shall await that message

It's probably best for you to learn to ink in your own style. However, I'd be happy to ink one of your drawings for you if it's not overly complex.
You can see my inking here: http://Kahnyri.deviantart.com/art/Sky-Dragon-150905113 and here http://Kahnyri.deviantart.com/art/Alena-149606816

oooh. such crisp lines*is jealous*
the not overyly complicated part.... sadly it is, i love detail to the point where it might be my death

this is one of my attempts to ink, if you look closely you can see the squigles in my lines, and see all the many variations in my line thicknesshttp://i336.photobucket.com/al ... linkIP.jpg

this is just a random sketch to give u an idea of how i draw
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n332 ... etchIP.jpg

dont takes these and try and ink them, they are reduced quality and not suitable for editing
any way tell me what u think and if you think its not too complicated let me know and i'll happily send you a high quality PNG(i believe those hold layers too)
meanwhile im trying to get aquanted with the pen tool(also getting fruastrated with it)

That's not too detailed at all. By detailed, I meant excruciating things like thousands of scales or extremely complex markings.
You can send me the png of what you want inked via email if you wish, here's mine: kahnyri@gmail.com
The pen tool is quite challenging at first, just keep on practicing and you'll get better with it. Personally, I just use it for ridiculously long lines that I'd never be able to freehand.
Anyways, I have some inking advice for you...
Zoom in as much as you can on the line you're inking without cutting any of it off, also try to do the line in one stroke instead of several, that can drastically help with the smoothness of the line.
Here's an example of what I mean.
Line #1 is zoomed in and done in one stroke. Line #2 is done with a series of sketchier lines. Line #3 is drawn in one stroke but zoomed out quite a bit so it's all wobbly.