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These are the inking tools I’ve been using lately :) All waterproof, so they’re perfect for watercolors!
Traditional vs Modern Inking Tools
While working on a page from my comic MORNINGSTAR, I answer questions from the chat about Anatomy books, Inktober, & Inking tools.
Episode #123-NIDHI CHANANI!!! Comics talk, professional practices & the burden/joy of representation
Plus PRUNE CHAT, what tools NJG uses for comics and MORE.
Today we are joined by Pashmina author Nidhi Chanani to talk about launching a career as a professional illustrator, cartooning while parenting, difficult women & MORE.
You can find Nidhi, her books, & her illustration series Everyday Love at everydayloveart.com.
Soapy water. - A small bottle of soapy water to rinse my brushes, has become a staple of my mobile inking kit.
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X81cLAuQJhU)
Hey #inky friends! Today I go over ten popular #brushpen options for your #inking endeavors. We talk about #foamrubberbrushes #nylonbristles #fudepens and more in this helpful overview video! If you enjoy #artsupplies this is the video for you
Mixed Bag 2013!
Even before this post could go LIVE, it was murdered twice! Yes twice, the display driver played foul and comp went to restart itself. 2 hrs of writing washed over, some bad foul omen! Well this is third time and I hope it behaves.
I think I want to begin with a question, how do you stay afloat as a freelancer artist? How do you make sure that you get a consistent inflow of pitches of projects? The answer is there is really NO way to MAKE SURE. You got to keep pushing pencils, and not by doing the same thing same way, but same things differently, and different things in the same way.
Like I am being asked this, how do you really make it as a full time illustrator. It made me ask to myself how did I. I think partially the answer lies in juggling act - juggling diverse projects, and stretching your limits, breaking the limits, and building new ones. Its also perhaps because I am never satisfied, and restless.
This year threw up numerous opportunities to be part of different types of projects. There was a 'card game' the sample was drawn. This was a mythology based one, and I had my doubts if my style and bent of mood would work with one. Then there was a horror cover art gig, artworks on an indian Tamil culture, a gang based comic story, a Mumbai based comic story, fashion illustration gig and a puzzle-game art - diverse as they are they stretched me from one end to the other.
The idea this year is to get more into ink and brush - so for a start you need to push the pencils, let them get finer and your inks can be playful with them perhaps. After running through blogs on ink, I picked up Windsor and newton black India ink and a P204 Chinese ink
Also got a neat pine-wood lightbox made by the carpenter. Smelt so good of the varnish :).
And the crown goes to...the awesome threesome. ink, brush and cleanser. I use the windsor and newton series 7, no 2, and Daler rowney kolinsky sable with WN black india ink. Sometimes I do mix it up with P204 10x chinese inks when I have to fill in large area of blacks.The cleaning agent is a must I have to say. All your expensive and oh so delicate sable brushes gotta get some 'loving' once you are done with them - don't ever use detergents and keep your cats off the range. My cats nibbled off the bristles when they smelt of the paint, they just couldn't resist.
End of it, the survival of every artists is no death defying stunts, but a life changing attitude to challenge and keep diversifying albeit in small steps towards a much larger canvas!
Here is wishing a happy year to roll out for everybody:).
2014
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i love the way you work with the black pen. have you even shared your tools of the trade on tumblr?
I have! But I can’t seem to find the post, so here’s a new one!
My main squeeze is that bad boy in the front, the Pentel pocket brush. I used the same one on the entirety of Play Ball, which took about two years to do, and the tip stayed nice and sharp and gave me the best lines I could hope for, so I highly recommend it! The ink comes in replaceable (or refillable if you prefer other inks) cartridges, and is super easy to use and keep clean. Love it.
I like white erasers like magic rub or that tri eraser there. Low smudge and easy to handle. And it won’t roll away bc of its shape.
Gelly roll and uniball signo white pens are great for thinning out lines or popping a few white details into black areas. Great for strands of hair, stars, texture details that lie in shadows, etc. Just don’t try to white out too large an area or they’ll start to gray out. Clear the tip regularly while using them by rolling in a blank area.
Faber Castell Pitt pens. Archival quality ink and water fast. Great for detail, lettering, etc. I have them in every size.
Blue pencil. Easy to drop the blue channel out of your scans in photoshop. I’m about to move to mechanical blue lead, though, because I’m over pencil shaving and blunt tips.
Regular old mechanical bic. I bought a huge pack of them for super cheap that is going to last me until the end of time. No sharpening, easy to travel with, low stress if you lose one.
I love Holbein inks. Nice and black, water fast, archival, affordable.
I hope that helps!
