(The actual colour of the ink after drying a while is much more day-glo orange than the scan looks on my screen.) It turns out the fountain pen is much more comfortable to hold without the cap posted (stuck on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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“Microtomic” sounds like a pencil 1950s people thought we’d all be writing with when reporters were jotting down news stories on Mars. Here’s another site with more about the vintage versions of the Blackwing 602 and the Microtomic pencils. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The loose pencil layouts for Big Project are coming in useful for playing with different pens and pencils and Copic markers. After this mundane scene exciting stuff in a scientifictional vein happens. From this bit of rough scribbling I learned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually, not as cheap as I’d remembered. But not too bad.
Trying some figure drawings, following Civardi’s volumes on drawing nudes, because that’s what was sitting on the coffee table. I’m still working on technique/paper for getting a smooth fill of colour using Copic markers. And an attempt to Photoshop-out the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The next comic has been delayed by both work craziness and trying to remember how to draw this character. I’m going to finish a comic for today if I have to glue myself to this seat and not move for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(Shifted from the previous entry because I think this one probably got lost at the bottom of the page.)
Copic markers are fun to play with, but on the papers I’ve tried so far, I end up with white speckles. Fabulous artist Alitha suggested playing with them on a printout on plain old cheap copier paper; and in fact[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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