My Process For Inking -

My Process For Inking -

I've been questioned on "how do I create ink-drawings?"; Well, this is how in a nutshell!

I've done a much more detailed post on this, that can be found here.

First I sketch me out a drawing:

When sketching I start with a normal #2 pencil for the lines that show off the form then making the initial lines; Then I switch over to a mechanical pencil to tighten up lines so I see for sure what I want. - When I sketch I do actually sketch out the hatching and cross hatching but it's just as a guide I'll stray a little bit but I do follow it a lot as well. I'll also sketch out shapes for shading just so I know where to go. (More on sketching with 2 pencils here.)

Inking:
Before the actual inking I use my kneadable eraser to ghost out lines (for more information on that click here) then I actually take out my pens. - And speaking of which, I start with a smaller sized pen tip and go thicker as I go along; For pen brand(s) I normally use Sakura Microns or Prismacolor pens, sometimes I use something else like a sharpie or something but not always. (Reviews for pens here)

I ink the main lines first then move on to the details like hatching or patterns, it takes a while but it's easy to make a mistake and you can't really fix it; Correction fluid isn't really ideal although you could use a white pen but it's not a perfect correcting agent.

Once inked I erase my pencil lines, depending on paper and eraser I might have to go over lines to darken them again; Often when erasing the lines become dulled.

Tips:

• If at all possible, ink at a table or at least use a clipboard, the harder the surface the smoother your lines look.
• Don't press hard on a pen, you could: bend the tip, force too much ink out, or cause not enough to come out causing your ink to look sketchy.
• Keep a paper behind your picture when inking (if you are using a sketch book), this is so if ink bleeds it won't go on the next page.
• When you want to add shading and you already added hatching, make lines got the opposite direction of the lines you've already set, this will make a criss-cross effect that will make it appear darker.

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I hope this was helpful to those who asked!

May God Heal and Bless all You Know and Love. ~ Amen ~

~ Firefly

Tip of the Week: Doodle

Sometimes when you have no clue what to do, the best thing is to doodle! When you work at drawing so much you might get discouraged and the fun and enjoyment is taken away; the best way to avoid such things is to doodle, get some paper and just draw whatever!

You might get some of your best ideas from doodling, I got my idea for African drawings that way, I've gotten other ideas as well from it.
Doodles can also help when making characters and stuff just play around and you might find something great come out of it!


~ God Bless ~


~ Firefly

[Traditional Art] 2 Paintings

Here are 2 paintings, both done on watercolor paper, the mushroom one is 8X5-1/2 the other one is 11X15 (Inches); I used colored pencils, markers and watercolors.

Quality is bad as I had to use a cellphone camera and try and fix on the computer...

Enjoy!

~ May God Bless and Heal All You Know and Love. ~

~ Firefly

[Traditional Art] Disney Sketches + My Own Sketch Idea

I've been looking at some kids books trying to copy Disney style stuffs, so here they are!

Plus:

~ May God Bless and Heal All You Know and Love ~


~ Firefly

[Traditional Art] Some Ink Drawings!

Here are some ink drawings I've done over the past month!

I used Prismacolor Pens for all of them; Process-wise I sketch with a normal pencil first, tighten lines with a mechanical pencil, use kneadable eraser to ghost out lines, use pens to ink, erase pencil, add crosshatching as needed.

~ May God Bless and Heal All You Know And Love


~ Firefly