This month my art goals are: 12 installments of CHAPTER V 4 Sunday colour comics 4 art tools reviews (pens, pencils, paper, etc.) 25 sketch cards 25 sketches-of-the-day …but Chapter V won’t start until the middle of the month or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I posted a sketch version of this before. Here it is with a little inking. I might colour it at some point.
aka “When in Rome, Get a Haircut.” Just a scribble. Proportions may be not proportional.
I have SO MANY drawing pens. All shapes and types, brush pens and hard points and dip pens with a dozen different types of black ink, purchased on recommendations or on a whim or on the quest for just the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Uni Live Pigment Sign Pen in Extra Fine is currently only US$1.65 on Jetpens. I don’t know the pen’s longevity yet, but it’s a good pen for the price—for writing, not for comic-drawing. click to see larger: In the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Pentel Pulaman JM20 Disposable Fountain Pen is US$3.30 on Jetpens. An interesting pen, but subject to spattering. click to see larger:
The Pilot Drawing Pen with oil-based ink is another US$3.30 pen from JetPens. Didn’t quite get the Felix profile right this time. Dunno who that guy is. click to see larger: A mini-review of the Pilot Drawing Pen with water-based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember fisherman Felix? click to see larger/clearer: I’ve substituted this pen occasionally for the 03 Micron when drawing the comic. I’ll have to dig around through the pen cases to see if I have the soft-tip and dual (grey/black) versions.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Kuretake No. 7 Brush Pen was recommended as a less-expensive (US$7.00) alternative to the Kuretake No. 13, which comes in at four times the price; the esteemed sable-hair No. 40 (which costs…a whole lot more); and the illustrious sable-hair-probably-gently-plucked-from-the-underbellies-of-unicorns[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Since I used a different pen to write the body of the mini-review, I changed it to blue after scanning to distinguish it from the brush pen samples. click to see larger: Although the Kuretake pens are probably the best[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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