wow, your new icon sure did come out very cute :D

Ohhhh....the background color's supposed to be FA's background, isn't it?

I didn't realise it till I saw you erasing the frame lines XD Coz I'm on the dark theme. :B

Yeah, I should do it as a transparant png, but my software is too old to do that :P

Well for icons, it has to be a transparent gif ;p

Though the submission can be png! :B

Aw, really? Maybe I can use pngs on LJ, though I'm not sure. Now I finally changed my icon for the first time since I'm here I'll probably change it more often anyway.

Yup, you can use PNGs on LJ ;p

that was cool =)

oh yea what kind of marker is that?

You are just too good. :D

Oh, wow.. I've been such an admirer of your inking, so this was a real treat to watch! And I feel like I learned a bit, too. Your control with that brushpen is fantastic--I have one, and I'm still learning to use it as naturally as I would a brush or felt brushpen.

Thanks for posting! Would love to see more in the future :)

Thank you! :) There are some other inking videos on my youtube account but they're very old (and bad). I should check but there might be some other ink videos on my ustream account. The quality won't be good but at least they're actual brush inks, not a brush pen. Normally when I ink I have my face very close above the paper, otherwise I can't see the details. That way you wouldn't see anything in the video though :P

Oooh, I'll be sure to look there! What brush do you use when you're inking?

Here are some:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1841597
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1457385
The sound quality when you record ustream is so horrible D:

I use a sable brush on bristol, with Talens chinese ink.

How well does the chinese ink react to Copic markers? I've found a lot of markers to be very picky about what inks they lay over. Both copics and prismas didn't like permanent marker or India ink very much, but the ink in Micron pens was quite nice and dried quickly, didn't smear and has good flow (another plus, the pens are common and relatively cheap). I only wish their brush tips lasted longer, Copic brand brush tips seemed to keep their spring and stiffness for longer and my new Prismas brush tip even better.

Also, little question, could you clue me into a good inking tutorial? I love your line weights and I always have difficulty determining where to make lines thicker or thinner to indicate volume. Is there some simple rule of thumb I could follow?

All of my badges were copics over inks. I use Talens indian ink, it's very dark black, water resistant, and over time it does not kill the brush and paper as much as other inks do. (these are 'sour' and eat through your brushes). It also doesn't really fade over the years. I haven't tested that myself though because I'm not that old yet, but it's what all the comic artists have been using the past 70 years.

Tip when you ink (especially if you live in a warm place):
Put the ink in bowl of aluminum foil or something, and dip your brush in that. That way the ink in the ink pot won't slowly dry out, there's nothing more horrible than muddy ink.
http://debobeversstrip.blogspot.com.....en-7-inkt.html
In here Hans van Oudenaarden says Higgins black magic works fine as well, but it's not available in the Netherlands anymore. It's not as solid black as Talens though, so I wouldn't reccomend it for a piece where you use traditional colors. In case you use paint for coloring; first color and then ink, or ink, color and re-ink.

I wish I could give an inking tutorial but I can't, I do it completely on 'feeling'. Usually the lines are thicker in the middle and thinner at the ends... I guess all you can do is study the inks from other artists. Buy some old comic books that have brush inks in them. (the majority of animation style comics have) Or even better, but some French comics... those artists were masters when it came to inking.

Also also (and sorry to keep pestering) you say you're using a brush but I see an ink cartridge attached to your tool. Where did you get that nifty thing?

That's a brush pen :) I use a brush with seperate ink for more precise ink work. There are many types of brush pens but this is the only one they had at the art store here; a pentel.

Ah, I'll have to keep an eye out for it then. Thanks for the answers!

WOW that was AWESOME! <3 I really love your work! That was a brush pen you were using right? Which one was it? o_o

This was a really great post! I've enjoyed your video updates on Youtube in the past and this is no exception! Its really great to see you work and its wonderful to find another person who loves great music!

That looks like Paint shop pro 5!! ahaha you torture yourself :( great video though, that was really enjoyable to watch.

It is! That and OC is the only software I have XD Photoshop looks faaaar too complicated to me.

you think that at first but it's not that much of a stretch, I worked on psp5 like, 10 years ago xD so I can tell you first hand that although photoshop looks much more feature packed, it wouldn't be a hard transition :)

photoshop isn't that difficult to learn really. psp5 I remember using that in high school. XP

When I hit college they gave me a class on photoshop. After that I just played around with it and learned things from it. I still say OC is best for drawing though. photoshop is better for getting effects and coloring.

"Not avaiable in your country, because of copyright"

"Dieses Video ist aufgrund von Urheberrechtsbeschränkungen in deinem Land nicht verfügbar. "

Wow, this video is very much appreciated! I'm trying to get into drawing toonier, and I'm having a hard time with... well, like everything. XD (mostly where to attach stuff like cheeks, ears, snouts, etc) Seeing it in motion helps a lot though. Inspired! *runs off to draw*

Cute character too. =3

That was neat! Thanks for making that. ^.^

cool stuff :]

Now why wasn't there a whole cartoon right after that? :)

Just found the Great Songs From Disney Movies LP on ebay for $2 thanks to you ^___^ and yeah your skills are just freaky scary I wish you and your hands nothing but happy days.

Yeah, I wanted to buy that but they only ship to the US :[
And thanks!

Your such a great expressive smooth artist!!

I Want your music collection :) You have the best music collection EVER!

Oh wow. I should try inking with an actually brush pen again. Your lines are just perfect.

Awesome video! Thats gonna be great for when motivation calls.

Whats the scanning option you selected to get that clean-cut line from the brush?

Plain black and white, at a high resolution :)

You're a Lefty. <3

Nice What Kind of Brush Is That?

awesome work. I liked the video of you doing it. The music was also soo awesome.