I've always been so horrid with ink works, I'm so jelly

Ohman there's a special kind of patience you get when you do ink. This is india too, the kind in the Prisma color pens so its harder to use When it comes to shading but its worth it!

I've tons of india ink pens, and I think I've used them once? I'm terrified of inks, and I'm so bad at them. >.<

Don't be scared of them!
Here's what I do:

I sketch out the drawing,then I take my size 8 and I ink the outline. Nothing inside, no details.

I go to size 5, I ink things like where major bits overlap (ie fore legs jaw lines, ect).

Size 3 is for details like fur and anatomy.

Size 1 is shading,all I do is hatch places where major shadow is and maybe put light lines in a few places.

Its about finding a technique you like you have to practice to get there!

lovely work :D

Thank you ! :D

Go get a sable. I want to see what your work looks like with brushes. OwO

I don't think I'm familiar with a sable. Care to go indepth?

"Sable" brushes are made from hair. Most are made from weasel hair rather than actual sable. You have to be careful about which brand you are buying, because some of the cheaper ones mix ox hair in, which is not nearly as smooth and clean. You want a mink "sable" brush, because it gives you the long, fine tip. Supposedly male hair is better. Kolinsky makes decent quality ones. They can be spendy, but I'd rather spend the money than use synthetic or an ox brush. If you take good care of it, like, wash the ink out in cold water after every use, don't tug on the hairs, etc, then it will last you years. My friend has one that has lasted him a good fifteen years, even through journalistic illustration out in the field where war makes things rapid pace. Anyway. If you've painted at all, a brush will feel familiar in your hand, but you're drawing rather than painting, so you are thinking in terms of line rather than shape (but you can mix it up, which is the beauty, because, since you are using a brush, you can actually add areas where you are painting in with your linework). I thought you might enjoy experimenting with one because what you're doing here with pen ink is nifty.

I will have to look into it one day! Maybe my first sea rotation I can nab it and do daily stuff with it! Thank you 8)

Sea? Huh. If you do get one, I wanna see some leviathans! Working with liquids would make for nice sea monsters, and you have the style for it. ;D

Leviathans would be neat!

Sea rotation? I didn't realize you were navy too. O.o

Yeah, I was at boot camp from January to march.

Now dats rather Beautiful

Thank you!

your Welcome