Colorize inked art for comic books and digital paintings by putting the line art into a layer mask. You get lots of control over ink color, paper color, and the line art itself, this way.
You can even throw in blend modes if you wish.
UPDATE 7/8/09
In addition to the Layer Mask method described in the video above, a 2-color Photoshop gradient map also makes a good method for certain types of art. And a 3-color gradient map can be even better, because it gives subtle control over the hues of the edge tones.
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