Recently, I found some old artwork that I did in junior high and high school. Among this treasure trove was some comic book pages that I did when I was about 14. I think this penciled page was part of a submission package that I was going to send into DC comics and never did. The page is a fight between Blue Devil and Amazo (an android who has the combined powers of the Justice League). Neither are particularly famous characters, but back in the day I thought they were cool.
Now that I own a nice portable light box, I decided to trace the original pencils and ink the pages. Below is the my inks over my pencils. Pretty cool.
Here is a scan of the original pencils. Back in the day, I would fill notebooks full of super hero drawings and sketches. Not bad for a 14 year old!
And here is the tracing from the light box. I kept the tracing very loose. It is a bit hard to see.
Inktober entry and a day off!!! Below is using the Pilot Custom Heritage 912 with a Spencerian modification. It took a bit to get used to the softness of the nib, but now I feel I can consistently produced thick and thin lines.
And here are some doodles with a glass brush and a dip pen (blue pumpkin nib). Just randomness.
So, there is this thing called Inktober that I found out about last year. . .in November. And I was like, "What?!? How did I not know about this?" But this year, I am ready, sort of. Below are some quick sketches using two different Pilot Iroshizuku inks: yama-budo (burgundy/pink) and ina-ho (brown/gold) drawn with a glass brush. Lettering with a blue pumpkin nib.
Trying out my new glass brush (yes, glass). It is super cool and you can get an amazing amount of line variation by changing the angle of the brush to paper. Here is a quick sketch of a horse in ink. I like this Super 5 ink (Delhi), it is as soft yellowy-orange. And it is yet another three legged horse, of course, of course.
Super 5 Delhi ink (glass brush and blue pumpkin nib)
And here I am just having fun with a high shading ink (Apache Sunset), blue pumpkin nib and some water.
Noodler's Apache Sunset ink (blue pumpkin nib and pilot parallel pen)
