Sunday, June 29, 2008

Some practice...


So I was surfing the net the other day and found a cool artist whose style I quite admire. He recently put up a list of supplies that he uses and being a person who always tries new things i thought i'd give his techniques a try.

The image on the left is an inking with a Speedball #102 quill. The original sketch was done with a normal #2 pencil. The image on the right is the same inking with a quick wash over it using Higgins Waterproof Ink (neutral gray). The paper I used was Strathmore Drawing Paper (80lbs.)

The main purpose of this exercise for me was to practice using more organic mediums rather than the computer. I like getting my hands into my art...you know, getting a little dirty. Yeah I do!