Flying Fortress

The Flying Fortress lights the fire that burns inside every artist or wanna be artist out there. We create and feed passion in all of its positive forms. We post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, sometime more!

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Here is a drawing of a very sad, dead bird i found while leaving a photo shoot at work. 

I’ve been busy with my new painting (which is almost done) so my apologies for the delay in posts. I will have more up soon!

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Robot Samurai, Pen on paper It’s easy to cater to ones inner 12 year old.

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Here Is my animation for loopdeloop Gravity. and the image of it with no lines and all frames stacked on top of each other… which made me giggle. 

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Mountain Monster Man, Pen on paper Ive been watching the walking dead a lot lately, so here is a mutated monster man. I some times wish there were more mutated zombies on the show, but there was one on fire once, that was awesome. 

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Oranges, Brush Pen.

Blues and Reds Oranges.

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Head’s in the Clouds by Matt Jennings

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"Warning Cactus" Pen and sticker Page from my sketchbook. 

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Check out this great idea.  It's like Southpark meets Fine Art / Life drawing...not really but if you know both really well...you'll get it.

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sext, 2015 | paper cutouts

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A-MAZE-ING by Matt Jennings I must admit I don't take pen to paper as good as Ricca or Eric but boy can i design the crap outta something! Here is a visual pun T-Shirt concept design that I will be submitting to cottonbureau in a couple of weeks.  It feels good to be back!

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"Coltrane" Pen on paper While not my favorite Jazz musician (though he is one of greatest), I love drawing Coltrane. 

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Here are some doodles i did while waiting for feedback at work, its a character iv been playing with for a long time Named 2-Cool, She is a accidental space captain. I also drew an explosion. Pencil on printer paper… crappy scanner… Adobe PS. 

Thanks, RiccaBucks, 

Ps. after years of drawing with a ballpoint pen turns out drawing with a pencil is amazing… relearning lessons. cant beat pencil and paper

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Here are the pages I did for BartKira Vol 3 Pages 181-185.  Gotta say I had a blast doing this, learning the Simpsons style was a fun challenge and copying the compositions from Akira (which i’v now read through twice) was great. every page is just amazing. anyway, hope you all like my pages. 

I roughed in blue, inked with the kaweco sport fountain pen,  clean up and flats in Photoshop.

Thanks

-Ricca

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Inktober is a week away and I’ve been getting lots of questions about what tools I use and recommend for inking. So I made a list of the essentials. Go to www.mrjakeparker.com/inktober for Inktober rules and resources. #inktober

Pigma Micron The best pen to start inking with. They have a tough felt tip that draws a firm mark and are great for understanding the basics of laying a line down.

Uni Pin Pen An alternative to the Pigma. Tips feel a little looser.

Pigma Brush Pen A good intro to drawing with a looser line. Tip is felt and can fray over the course of several drawings. Is recommended for larger drawings. Hard to get detailed with it.

Kuretake Fudegokochi Brush Pen - Regular This is a molded felt tip which means it’s sturdy like the Pigmas but you get a more expressive line like the brush pens. Ink is nice and dark.

Pentel XFL2L Scientific Brush - Medium Size This pen is a great introduction to drawing with a brush tip. It’s tip is composed of nylon fibers and are filled with aqueous dye-based inks and dry extremely dark. You can get the finest of lines and the thickest of strokes with this. Pentel also has these in two other sizes I believe. Plus it has ink refills.

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen My work horse. Also a nylon brush tip, it offers a smooth and powerful line and can also give you fun expressive lines too. I’ve been drawing with this pen for years and it holds up to a beating, yet will still give you a fine delicate line if you need it. I highly reccommend it.

Kuretake No. 13 Fountain Brush Pen I just got this pen and it’s beautiful. The lines are rich yet sharp. It’s great for details and broad strokes. The pen has a little more weight to it so you feel like you’re actually holding something. The fine nylon bristles have a satisfying snap to it allowing you to intuitively move from thick to thin. I love it.

Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable Water Colour Brush size 1This is what brush pens wish they were. This is the gold standard, Rolls Royce of inking tools. It’s the brush Bill Watterson drew Calvin and Hobbes with. No nylon, synthetics, or plastic here, just wood, metal, and hair. There’s nothing quite like drawing with one. The ONLY draw back is you have to dip is in ink, which can get tedious, especially while under a deadline.

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Some doodles from a cafe in Paris with my Kaweco Sport fountain pen. 

http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Kaweco-Classic-Sport-Fountain-Pen-Transparent.html

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My Rainbow Bunny Blast LoopdeLoop animation for “Rainbow” 

Thanks, -MR

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