How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1
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@demotlj hehe. I actually just used the good old pental brush pen with this practice. Also the princicle is still the same as Jake mentioned in the inking video: use shoulder and elbow movement for long strokens, and wrist movement for short strokes.
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A calm way of starting my work day today. Today's practice is done with technical pen and sumi brush (my pental brush ran out of ink, and you probably can spot out when I switched the brush
I found it is much harder to get consistent line weight with sumi brushes, especially with curves.
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@xin-li your lines look very expressive and beautiful even so. Good job.
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@xin-li these are so beautiful—puts me in a trance-like state: I tried your idea of inking from stand with tip just barely touching paper—not as wobbly results as I was expecting!
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@chrisaakins I’m doing digital too! I’m so glad someone else is! I was afraid everyone was gonna be perturbed that I’m not using traditional ink!
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Everyone’s work is looking great! I’m a bit late to that party as today was my first opportunity to sit down and watch the class. I’m going the digital route as I’m trying to learn it as my new main medium. What do you think of my bunny?
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@Braden-Hallett said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:
When I do practice linework in the morning I call it 'self calibration' It is very meditative
I think this phrasing is a lot better than something like "warm up sketch" (which then looks like a full image)
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@Alicia Not bad! A lot better than mine would be.
On a general inking critique I'd make the lines a little thicker where the light isn't shining, so like bottom of the legs/boots. That's just me though.
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@xin-li I am loving this. And I NEED to do this exercise. Work pending.....
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@charitymunoz
nose hatching!!! 
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Brush pen is haaard! Love it though.
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@Erin-Cortese it’s great seeing your brush pen and copic side-by-side
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@Aleksey
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@alicia said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:
Everyone’s work is looking great! I’m a bit late to that party as today was my first opportunity to sit down and watch the class. I’m going the digital route as I’m trying to learn it as my new main medium. What do you think of my bunny?
It's great! Where're all your practice lines?
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Everyone here is killing it
Keep this momentum up and we'll all be ready and rarin' to go for inktober!I'll have next week's thread with videos and homework up sometime on Sunday, and I'll post a link to it on this thread
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@chrisaakins there’s something visually pleasing about this page!
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Traditional day, today. I did this while I listened to the 3-point perspective podcast on transitioning from another career. Perhaps I should keep my day job...
I must confess that I get a little impatient drawing straight lines, even though I really enjoy hatching in creating values. I thought today, Hey! why not draw a face and see if you have gotten any better since this straight line stuff is boring? Well, it seems if I am concentrating on my lines, they are great (well, better anyway), when I am concentrating on a picture I am not so confident. I think it is what I am always telling my students. "Don't see it as a face, see it as a series of lines and shapes. Maybe I need to listen to my own advice as an art teacher. Even so, it IS improvement.
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@chrisaakins omg i met someone once that enjoyed stippling I was like. What? Why? But it did look cool... yeah I hope you dont feel bad about not quitting your day job. I’m not either and am going to try to gradually transition into a job that is closer to publishing or art or printing.
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@chrisaakins this looks great!
