Lots of Ink

So I have really got into inking via a brush, I might not be very good but I do enjoy it.  This is black in on white paper with Tipp-Ex for the white streaks and "space specs" flicked off of a piece of card. I think I will do it again, same image and effect just for practice, to see if I can get it better.

I am not really sure what this is but I like it too.

That is it for now I have bought so many new pens recently I think I will mention them next.

Mini Antithesis

Just two quick "mini" sketches, the "ROM" one will be done soon :)

ink, real ink, with brushes and everything.

I think is fair to say I have always had a fear of brushes and painting, I have ruined many of my best pencil sketches trying to go that next step. It is one of those amorphic substances ink/paint that I have little or no control of, and only recently am I making peace with it through the use of pens to do inking.

But today I decided to go and get some ink, real black "india" ink in a pot and some brushes 1,2,3,5,7 red sables to really have a go at it and...

It's fine. I really wanted to do speed lines and more "Kirby-like" imagery and a lot of it would take ages with a pen. So I drew some lines for about 30 minutes (exciting I know) until I was confident enough to draw a sun (see above). That my friends is the first of many things I plan to ink with brushes I think my pen/pencil have helped with the control a lot. It was touched up after scanning as I make a newbie mistake of trying to erase pencil lines before it was completely dry, but still I am happy with it all.

This little man is what it is pencil/ink and colored digitally, I like Machine Man so I thought I would draw him as a "kawaii" style character. More soon.

and Sometimes digital.

I usually ink DOBU my comic digitally but rarely do I use "color",  I use various greys, but I thought I would take the sketches from the last couple days, digitize them, neaten them up and color them. I am very pleased with the result.

"Cute-Fooloo", the "Jorge the Luchador" and "Rosa the Death Doll"are from a comic in production, they are just not normally "colored". The other one with the beard is obviously a self portrait.

I think if I vectorized them i could make them even better, so maybe in time I will. Very pleased all in all.

Quantity and Some Quality

I probably did around thirty sketches today including some of my DOBU #3 and I think I am getting better. I started the day with DOBU, did some "cute" dia de los muertos, a cute cthulhu a cute-fooloo, and a skecth of a young Doctor Who loosely based on Matt Smith.

I was a very productive day I managed to do all this, in between doing the dishes and washing several loads of clothes, will get back to programming tomorrow though as I have a game to finish.

No Longer Trapped

After somewhat of a difficult morning, I find twenty minutes of calmness, during which time I amusingly draw Partrick McGoohan style picture. He isn't looking as angry as he normally does, his eyes taken out of the shadow more, more heroic larger square chin instead of the small rounded one. All in all I am pleased with it, I just wish I would have taken more pictures-in-progress. Why blue ink? you may ask well I only have 0.1mm, 0.3mm and 0.5mm in black, this picture is huge almost the whole A4 page and would have taken ages to ink, besides it will all come out black when I scan it. Hope you like it too.

I Keep Getting Saturday Morning Cartoon

I am currently planning a new comic book, so I am just practicing at the moment and drawing whatever comes in my head and I keep getting these. I want the comic to have a more black and white / noir style the subject matter is quite serious but I keep getting well "Saturday Morning Cartoon Style" I know obviously I'll need a lot more shading to get a noir style comic, I just think it is quite funny how off the mark these have come out. I still think they are pretty good just not what I was aiming for.

Oh Well.