Ink blot

This inking is the way I typically work with ink when not doing comic art. I like to use brush, a raphael kollinski sable brush. It holds its tip very nicely as well as the ink. After trying many different inks, from sumi to your basic india ink, I found that what works best for me is Dr. Martin's Bombay Black. It is the blackest black I could find that was not an acrylic ink. I found that the acrylic inks are thicker and do not glide as smoothly onto the paper. I have worked wih brush pens, and while I like the convinience (I do use them), I hate the way they look. The tips tend to split and the ink starts looking dried out very quickly. Plus the line variation they can offer is limited and the black is not completely opaque. So, yes, I will use them if I'm feeling lazy, but I will also use a Bic pen at times. But if anyone out there knows of a great brush pen, let me know.

Leather Lady

Here's a pencilled drawing of a leather-clad woman.

Windy

Here's an image I painted in photoshop, usng a soft brush.

Guy Colored

Looking through my posts, I noticed my blog was severely lacking in men, so I colored one up. This is a character from my novel. I drew his last spring with pencil. It is not inked, just gone directly to color.

Face Paint

This was fun and quick. It was a pencil sketch that I darkened and colored in photoshop. The hair was originally ligh brown, but I put an overlay on it of the wrong color and ended up with blue, which I liked better. Yay for happy accidents!

Armor painting

I just got a new, super fast computer, and it makes coloring so much easier! Whoo hoo! This is a drawing inked with a ball point pen, which gives it that scratchy look when you zoom in. I painted it in photoshop, paying exra attention to the armor shines. I like the way it turned out. Isn't she super cute?

Inked Starlight

I did this with a micron, and a dying brush pen. Mainly, I wanted to capture movement in the pose using more of a silhouette concept. The clothing and hair blend into the background, with which the crosshatching gives a sort of starlight appearance, to my eyes anyway.