[Rinaldo]

I was looking around for a felt tip pen the other day, after witnessing Vortx's exelent line drawings. The problem was that they were all so friggin expensive. More so seeing as They don't last all that long. So I played out one of my long held desires. Namely to get a new fountain pen. My old ones leak everywhear and generaly do stuff un-helpfull to drawing.
I got some mid range Parker, one of the newer ones, and was pretty impressed.
The resistance and feel of a fountain pen on a sligghtly toothy cartridge, is rather addictive. (And it makes a nice sound too)

But anyway I'll not bore you any longer.
These are some sketches I did with my newfound mark making instrument.

I would also inquire as to what sort of pen other people use when inking or otherwise drawing in black. (Vortx ?)






And these are from a magazine. A common habit when I'm bored is to flip through one of those fashon mags and draw anyhting that catches my eye.


I would add that I used no pencil in doing these. Just the pen.

[CapnPyro]

oh, really nice sketches. it really shows you were drawing for the fun of it. hard getting things down right without using guidelines, huh?

[mantis]

I like the girls on the second page and all of the third page. I like those poses.

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[Freddio]

awesome pics

love the faces Top Job

keep up the good work Rinaldo
keep on postin those sketches

[Manik Monkei]

Rinaldo nice work with the pen. Looks like you have a lot of control, since no pencil sketches were used. I picked up a similar habit last year.. I do all my sketches in pen now.. I don't think I've drawn with a pencil for about 6 months. I think it makes you more confident in your lines, because you aren't allowed to screw up as much.

I kind of miss the pencil though. My figure drawing class this coming semester will get me back into that

keep those sketches coming

[zarck]

very nice.

just one question what is a fountain pen? can you submit a image or a link to an image of one?

[Rinaldo]

Thanks for the positives people.

Manik Monkei- I know what you mean about the confidence thing. It defies logic that you are better when you know that any stuff up is perment. but It's true. I've been using a pencil for ages. And It's a lot harder to get those nice clean lines because if you start to mess around with it for too long it smudges. I love the way that the the drawings are solid and defined. No amount of smudging will ever take away their crispness.
I was intriuged by the way Vortx used a marker for pre ink work. The idea of inking over the same lines I just did in pencil is depressinly boring.
(hey Vortx, How about explaining your techniques in a bit more detail, I'd be espscialy interested to see the marker under drawing before the you put down the ink)

I'll ask again; What kind of pen does everyone use?

[Rinaldo]

Well this is what I was using



It is a nib pen that has it's own ink well. I have a bottle of Parker ink that I use. the pen has a plunger that acts like syringe to get the ink. whenever you run out, instead of buying a new pen you just refill.

I've got a whole set of techpens as well but they don't go to well when drawing on and angle, and you can't get any variation in line width.

[zarck]

ahh... havent used a refilable one.. just those that you have to fill in the tip thats almost impossible to make a descent pic with =)

when i draw by hand (been a while since) i mostly use standard pencils or ballpoint inc pens are pretty good too=) some of the anyway=)

[Fred Flick Stone]

Rinaldo-hello, thought I might help you a bit here.
I used to brush ink all the time, thought it was more imprortant than learning to do it with pens. After a while I found croquill pens, but these leave behind a terrible surface, scaring the hell out of the paper you work on, and if not done properly, ink will blot all over the place.
Then I went back to the brush. Winsor Newton series 7 no.2 and Pillican flat black ink. Great stuff.
The pen you bought, the fountain pen can produce some great lines, albiet they are rather static, as you can't really bare down on the nib too much, or it will snap.
Some pens I use for all my design work now are the Steadtler pigment liner, nibs .005, .01, .03, .05.
Also the micron marker, same type of pen, and the Zig millenium. All these produce a beautiful edge, that can be varied with pressure, not too much though, and are bleed proff, so you can marker comp over them if you need to...
Doug Chian has a demo on his web site of how he inks and markers a comp. here is the URL. http://www.dchiang.com

hope this stuff helps. And BTW, these are very nice sketches. Can't wait to see some more exploration with ink from you. Good luck.

[Axl]

I like the third piece the best, it has a nice loose look to it. I like the women on the left and bottom right of the page. Nice work.