Trying different inking treatments for Asheru. to see how they work. I'll probably try other different types. different inking styles. G pen on recycled paper. Scott A. H. Ruggels 9 / 2000
[Originally posted to Yerf, September 15, 2000. This was the start of my love affair with Japanese G-pen nibs. They are flexible, chrome plated, steel, inking nibs for using with bottled ink. They create a very controllabel and cursive line, and work well in tandem with inking with a watercolor brush, which is what I also did/do. After coming back from Comic-con with packets of these nibs, that summer I used these almost exclusively for inks for a number of years, not going to digital inks until recently.]
[Originally posted to Yerf, September 15, 2000. This was the start of my love affair with Japanese G-pen nibs. They are flexible, chrome plated, steel, inking nibs for using with bottled ink. They create a very controllabel and cursive line, and work well in tandem with inking with a watercolor brush, which is what I also did/do. After coming back from Comic-con with packets of these nibs, that summer I used these almost exclusively for inks for a number of years, not going to digital inks until recently.]
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Wolf
Size 750 x 715px
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The nibs were a revelation. before then I followed the "conventional" practice with various Speedball" nibs, but being unsatisfied with them I moved to inking with a watercolor brush, and technical (Rapidographs) pens, which was a slog. The G-Pens just made the pen swoop, like watercolor brushes. It was amazing. The Speedballs were just stiff and while it allowed control, they didn't allow for speed or flexibility. I just love a cursive ink line. Currently
Zummeng has that same sort of lively line I wish I had the confidence to pull off.
Zummeng has that same sort of lively line I wish I had the confidence to pull off.
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