Draw Something, Dammit

JM · 09 Sep 2010, 02:44 AM

Yes, much less lonely now! Thanks guys! Finch saw these the second (!) time he visited, but if anyone else is interested, I now have some posts with older work in them, with links to flickr sets with a good chunk of what I've done for the last 4-5 years.

I'll be getting some of my digital stuff up next, and expand the scans from my sketchbooks. Thanks for looking everyone.

**arjue** · 13 Sep 2010, 02:26 AM

Your blog is rad, JM! I'll be checking up on it.

I'm almost done on my first ink picture. I was a little intimidated by the brush so i used pens on most of it and just used the brush for the hair and background. I'm surprised at how much the brush feels like regular drawing, it was really interesting. My next one will probably be entirely done in ink and brush.

**arjue** · 13 Sep 2010, 03:08 AM

Here is the result:

I accidentally flicked some ink drops across her face, and i accidentally breached the line of her beanie in a few places, but overall I'm pretty happy with it. The main thing I don't like is how shabby the shading lines on the cheek are. Still, its all a learning experience.

Here's the same image after a quick digital clean up:

**YellerDog** · 13 Sep 2010, 11:31 AM

You should break up the white out for clean-up!

Cool drawing, I like the hatch marks.

JM · 13 Sep 2010, 01:40 PM

Cool stuff arjue! I dig it sir. Get that brush out and see how much line variation you can get, start off making the thinnest line you can and slowly bear down more on the brush as you continue the line. Getting different weights is where it is at. And yeah, working with dipped ink, be prepared to have some smears and splats. Embrace it!