Crosshatching! I just learnt a new word, hah! XD
That's what I meant, your crosshatching technique. I'm not sure what stark inking is, though, but I think it's the crosshatching. And I also like the black background too, because of the crosshatching around the character that gives the border between the character and the dark background.
Yeah, crosshatching is a thing that a lot of ink and pencil artists do :) Some professionals can be really expressive with them ! I am just a learning spider, but I do enjoy doing the cross hatches as they can be pretty zen to do * ___ *
Stark inking is using black in the boldest form, and mild inking is letting the white / uninked spaces breathe more, basically :)