I think just trying to work out what to do with them!
Thanks! A lot to learn with this technique, but I'm having so much fun.
The pen is a simple plastic thing with interchangeable calligraphy nibs. My black is Windsor Newton India ink. The white is Rotring ink that's been sitting on the shelf so long it's started to sediment out, making it useless for technical pen. And the paper was 250 g/M2 grey. I loved the feel of it.
Happy with how this came out! Drawing this on thick card with proper ink felt absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks! I don't normally use colour but I think it worked well here.
Pencil first, then ink if I have time. I'm getting better at going straight to ink for the detail work, but for gross body positioning I still need the pencil.
Two seats down from me was someone doing pictures twice as good as this one directly with a fountain pen. I am in awe.
Thanks! After three years drawing from photos, I was surprised how much harder this was. I'm better at hands and feet and general anatomy than I used to be, but working at speed is something I'm hoping to get a lot more practice of. I'll definitely be back next week!
These are really nice! I like the cartoon style. I think the work would benefit from cleaner linework.
My workflow is to draw pencil outlines, ink over, then erase. I'm trying to lean less on the pencil for detail and go directly to ink, but that's for the future. Inking is always done very carefully and slowly -- if there's speed, it's at the outline stage.
I use a fine propelling pencil for outlining, and a Rotring Isograph (0.1 mm nib) for inking.
Without seeing some example anatomy it's hard to say -- and I wouldn't feel comfortable telling people to work on anatomy when mine is so wonky!
I don't think I've ever made a piece where I've thought, this one is for practicing linework or this one is for anatomy. They've never been separate. There have been some where I've thought, in this piece I'm going to try doing my shading like this, and then I've experimented with that and it's either worked or not.
With linework, one of the things I've noticed is that hesitation punishes you more than inaccuracy. Nothing looks more obvious than an attempt to fix something that wasn't perfect. Do it once, don't worry if it isn't perfect. There are also times when I've ignored precision in anatomy and just focused on speed -- draw things as lively as possible, even if the proportions are wrong. I think for that, you need good linework to carry it off.
What tools do you use for this?
This was fascinating! Thanks for it.
I was talking with a friend who mentioned "taking tea to India". It made me wonder what the equivalents are around the world. "Taking coals to Newcastle" is the UK's.
BEST NOVEL: We Need to Talk About Kevin
WORST NOVEL: The Chemical Detective
BEST NONFICTION: Homo Deus
MOST DEPRESSING NONFICTION: The Climate Book
BEST COMIC: The Photographer
THE LIST:
Leofranc Holford-Stevens - The History of Time: A Very Short Introduction
Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefevre and Freredic Lemercier - The Photographer
R F Kuang - The Dragon Republic
James S A Corey - Persepolis Rising
Bob Woodward - Bush at War
Bob Woodward - Plan of Attack
Sydney Padua - The Thrilling Adventures of Babbage and Lovelace
Michelle Alexander - The New Jim Crow
James S A Corey - Tiamat's Wrath
Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Danny Dorling - So You Think You Know About Britain?
Alex Garland - The Beach
Desmond Morris - The Naked Ape
Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Dipo Faloyin - Africa is Not a Country
Jeff Guinn - Waco
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt - How Democracies Die
Gary A Rendsburg - The Book of Genesis
China Mieville - October
Hannu Rajaniemi - The Causal Angel
James S A Corey - Leviathan Falls
Chris Atkins - A Bit of a Stretch
Fiona Erskine - The Chemical Detective
Yuval Noah Harari - Homo Deus
Mikiso Hane - Japan: A Short History
Greta Thunberg - The Climate Book
Natasha Brown - Assembly
John Lanchester - Capital
Lee Child - Killing Floor
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky - Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
Konrad Spindler - The Man in the Ice
Tim Marshall - The Future of Geography
Peter Frankopan - The Earth Transformed
Ian Dunt - How Westminster Works and Why it Doesn't
Naoki Urasawa - 20th Century Boys
Jill Cook - Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind
I'm in awe of Naoki Urasawa's storytelling abilities. He has a marvellous way of handling suspense by controlling the way critical details are revealed, or not. I love his crisp art style.
I think the work as a whole could have been much shorter, with many of the subplots pared away, and overall the series had the feeling of starting out with a brilliant premise but no clear idea of where it was headed. It would have benefited from tighter control.
All this says, this is one of the best manga I have read. Bravo!
I've been using Linux Mint since forever. I've never felt a reason to change. But I'm interested in what persuaded others to move.
Lay it on me, people!
A lot to remember when doing the combat sequences, but a really fun co-op game! Anyone played it?