Tuesday, October 6, 2009

brushing up



I've recently ditched my dip pen and started to work more with my brush for linework. Partly because I was going through a ton of pen nibs, and partly because the pen was starting to feel really restricting. I was finding I kept getting the same lines over and over. There was no excitement or movement.

Now that I'm using my brush, I'm getting into a lot of accidents, and that's awesome! This piece for example has so much more life in it than if I had inked it with my pen. I've been using the brush on sketches, finished work, and even my comics. I can't wait to keep going with it!

3 comments:

tstiene said...

hell yes, brush is the only way to go! just be careful not to have too much coffee before you work...

Sigmar_1999b said...

I like it.

jamie peeps said...

It's always a good thing to change up your tools! Love the brush work here. I am happy happy happy to see your alum poster in the halls at MECA!