▁chapter , ▁" The ▁Garden ▁of ▁the ▁Sk lin ", ▁at ▁a ▁size ▁larger ▁than ▁standard , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁render ▁more ▁detail ▁than ▁usual ▁in ▁those ▁stories . ▁For ▁a ▁large ▁poster ▁image ▁with ▁a ▁mult itude ▁of ▁characters , ▁he ▁will ▁go ▁over ▁the ▁figure ▁out lines ▁with ▁a ▁marker ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁them . ▁He ▁will ▁use ▁phot ographic ▁reference ▁when ▁appropriate , ▁as ▁when ▁he ▁draw s ▁things ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁not ▁acc ustom ed ▁to . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁career , ▁Adams ' ▁p enc ils ▁were ▁emb ell ished ▁by ▁in k ers ▁such ▁as ▁Wh il ce ▁Port a cio , ▁Dick ▁Gi ord ano ▁and ▁Terry ▁Austin . ▁When ▁Adams ▁attempted ▁to ▁in k ▁his ▁own ▁work ▁before ▁becoming ▁a ▁professional , ▁he ▁initially ▁used ▁a ▁Cro qu ille ▁pen , ▁but ▁after ▁meeting ▁Mike ▁M ign ola , ▁he ▁was ▁sp ur red ▁to ▁switch ▁to ▁a ▁br ush , ▁which ▁he ▁used ▁for ▁approximately ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁a ▁Cro qu ille . ▁He ▁eventually ▁began ▁to ▁in k ▁his ▁own ▁work , ▁which ▁he ▁pre fers ▁to ▁do . ▁Begin ning ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁he ▁began ▁using ▁the ▁Sta ed t ler ▁P ig ment ▁Lin er , ▁a ▁felt - tip ▁pen . ▁He ▁pre fers ▁pens ▁to ▁br ush es ▁because ▁pens ▁feel ▁" lo oser ", ▁and ▁c ited ▁this ▁as ▁his ▁reason ▁for ▁using