How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1

DaveLeekArt

Thanks @Braden-Hallett
Today was a Copic multiliner that I haven’t had a chance to play around with yet. I plan to bounce back and forth between it and a couple brush pens I have to work on building proficiency with both.

DaveLeekArt

@chrisaakins man, trying to play with line width in digital format for the first time or after a while off is super difficult. There’s just such a different from traditional to digital eh?

Kuarahy

@Susan-Marks what is the other forum you're taking classes through?

xin li

Kind of meditative when doing this on paper. I have seen the inking videos before, but when re-watching it, I realized a lot of excises can be used to practice with other art supplies, like pencil for example. It is about getting better with drawing in general :-). I think 6B pencil in procreate is very suitable for most of the excises.

Annemieke

Cool! I'm in! I'll start watching the first homework-video's tonight. I'll see if I want to work traditional or digital... maybe both :-).
Good idea to do linework everyday, I'll start that as well.

BichonBistro

@Braden-Hallett at first I thought this would be a good opportunity to get beyond the sketch pencil on my ipad/Procreate and try digital inking, but now I see it as the perfect vehicle to work on fine motor control on paper. That became an issue for me 4 years ago, so I broke down and bought an iPad Pro. The undo/redo in Procreate made drawing a lot easier, but I have not moved forward much in regaining fine motor skill. The initial exercises don’t have the pressure of a product, but really help identify which movements and goals need most practice. I also need to learn to post struggles and be publicly accountable, so I am very happy you initiated this Braden! My daily practice will include exercises that require long lines, pressure and consistency using a technical or ball point pen for most.

braden H

@chrisaakins said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:

Wow, I am really shaky with a digital brush pen

I feel your pain I find it a LOT easier to get a smooth line with traditional materials vs digital.

It's a great start, though! Those lines'll smooth out sooner than you think if you do them every day

braden H

@xin-li said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:

Kind of meditative when doing this on paper

When I do practice linework in the morning I call it 'self calibration' It is very meditative

I really like the fading line hatching in the bottomr right. Looks really neat!

braden H

@BichonBistro said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:

My daily practice will include exercises that require long lines, pressure and consistency using a technical or ball point pen for most

Awesome! Certainly a great start . I think your hatching's bang-on. It's crazy how much of a difference a push vs a pull makes with those long lines, isn't it?

chrisaakins

Here are some more lines and practice. I have always wanted to be able to use a brush pen to do the modern calligraphy but so far it eludes my skill. This line practice helps.
line practice.png

Are we posting our daily practice here? Or just once a week?

DaveLeekArt

Ink warmups for today. Used the brush pen this time around. I must say, I’m quite pleased to see the improvement from the last time I used this sucker. I’m excited to see what kind of progress will come from daily work between now and the end of October.

DaveLeekArt

@chrisaakins looks good mate! Ps, I hope daily posting isn’t an issue because I’ve already posted for yesterday and today... oops

xin li

@BichonBistro good looking cross hatching page

xin li

@chrisaakins beautiful hand-lettering wow

BichonBistro

@xin-li agree!

Coley

@Braden-Hallett that improvement is really incredible. Congrats for all your practice! Do you work on a cintiq?

Susan Marks

@Kuarahy Sequential Art Workshop. A nice counterpoint to the classes and forums here. Much smaller community; they use a platform (Mighty Network) I'm not so fond of; and their discussion and classes focus on sequential art (comics and graphic novels, mostly). PM me if you'd like more info.

braden H

@chrisaakins It's amazing how fast line practice helps

You can post as often as you want, I think. This week is more 'practice them lines, dernit!' than anything else, so if posting keeps you practicing, then do it! In the later weeks we'll have more concrete 'assignments'.

braden H

@Bricz-Art said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:

I hope daily posting isn’t an issue

Not an issue at all Post however often you need to keep you practicing the linework.

braden H

@Coley said in How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1:

Congrats for all your practice! Do you work on a cintiq?

Thanks I do work on a cintiq, yiss.