Next ep. Getting a little faster. Playing and learning. Not much new to comment about, more an extension of what I've been learning. Pieces I like and some a I don't. Learning as I go does that ya know.
Here's the pencils. I like these better than my inks and finals, mostly.
Here's the inks.
Used mostly microns and brush again. Screwed up a lot due to low visibility using my lightbox, particularly around the tiny itty bitty areas. So next time going to lightbox for broad outlines. Then I'll put pencils side by side with inks so I can kinda copy the details.
Shading stage up top done with #2 pencil. Mixed feelings about it. But that's how it goes.
Messing around with dip pen and I think I'll use that next time and ditch the microns except for panel borders and lettering.
Hope you enjoy.
Nick.
Thanks, Nick, for your comment. I hadn't looked at that image for a very long time, my art's developed a lot since then, but there's a definite charm there.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to liberate the ink wash technique I use, which was in turn inspired by the beautiful style of the Italian artist, Gipi. I tend to pre-mix shades to help create quicker and more predictable results. You just need a plastic or ceramic palette with concave wells and a pipette. I fill the first well with 50% ink and 50% water, then using the pipette draw up one part of that dilution and mix it with an equal part of water. I then repeat this four or five times.
Hope it works out for you. Will
Yeah, you're style has changed a lot and I find it all interesting. Thanks for the technique tips and I now have to go look up Gipi.
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