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hey guys,
In these days I wanted to make a christmas present for myself, and I decided to buy some brushes and ink online.
I'm actually using SpeedBall Super Black India Ink, and I'm pretty satisfied with it, but I also wanted to try something new, maybe better than Speedball.
Can you suggest me another type of ink?
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Teo
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Works for me, but every artist has their own methods for their madness
As a side note, I use brushes to ink, mostly. Not pens too often.
Use your actual ink (Speedball...i'm gonna try it, actually i use w&n) for your lines, and for your black area use a less quality ink with sugar in it and let it soak (i don't know if it's the word). It may be strange but you've got a real deep black and you don't lose your good ink for that (take care of your brushes with that!
By the way, loooooove your job!
CIAO!
PER ADAM
PAPER: I like to use Strathmore 3-ply or 5-ply illustration board, in cold-press (rough) finish, for most illustration assignments. That includes anything pen & ink, as well as color.
PENCILS: I use a standard lead holder, and leads weighing from B to 6 B. I like a soft lead.
INKS: I ink with Schaarf watercolor brushes, #s 3&4. For technical stuff, I use Kohinoor Rapidograph technical pens, and sometimes my Pitt pens (which I normally use for convention sketches).
As for ink itself, I mix my own cocktail of equal parts Dr. PH Marten's India Ink and Dr. PH Marten's Hi-Carb (high carbon content) India Ink in an inkwell, with a few drops of technical pen ink to help the ink flow from the brush smoothly. I only mix an ounce or two at a time. I tried pre-mixing a whole bottle once, and it smelled like feet. Seriously. Even after the art was done, the ink stank. My art smelled like feet. Woof.
For whiting-out, I will use Dr. PH Marten's Bleed-Proof White. Sometimes I will use Winsor-Newton's white, but it has a serious off-white cast to it. Also, Liquitex Titanium White acrylic paint works well in a pinch.
Sometimes I will draw on animation paper, for speed's sake. The paper takes Pitt pens amazingly well, and I can get some serious brush lines with them. I did a number of my later CATWOMAN covers this way, and most people can't notice the difference.
COLORING: 99% of my colored work is done digitally. I currently use Photoshop CS2, on a custom-built PC. I also have a MacBook Pro. So, please don't berate my choice of computers; I use both platforms.
And yes, I color with a mouse, NOT a tablet. I'm happy this way for now, so everyone can stop trying to convince me to 'go WACOM'.
CONVENTION SKETCHES: For con sketches, I use Bristol Sketch paper, Pitt pens, and COPIC gray markers.
And Glad the book arrived safe at your house!
Happy New Year!
Thanks again and Happy New Year!