I was hoping someone could answer my question.

For some time now, I've been inking my drawings the old fashion way with a dip pen and love the amount of variation you can put into a single stroke (I take incredible pride in my line quality and I believe it is one of the key fundamentals to drawing successful manga style). I have recently decided to adapt to the digital age and was experimenting with graphics applications with the specific intention of inking over H2lead drawings. I however, have been having great difficulty, finding a good way to achieve a nice organic, calligraphic like quality for my line art. Photoshop's simulated pressure on pen paths is still too machinical and cannot be reliably controlled, Illustrator's pen tool is easy to use, but it seems that you cannot adjust the pressure within the line (You can set the stroke thickness, but it is for the entire line) and my hand is not as steady with the slippery Wacom Tablets as I would like to claim... (I am really curious if anybody has been able to completely train their hand on a tablet)

So my question is should I go back to the good old fashion dip pen, or is there a digital substitute I can apply?

Okay, thanx in advance

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