Holly Toadstool ([info]holly_toadstool) wrote,
@ 2006-07-17 19:12:00
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Current mood: artistic
Current music:Zira's lullabye, TLK2

Showing off again
http://www.deviantart.com/view/36449123/

What do you think? :) I am going to try to sell it on the art market in august. The wingsies are made of real fluffness.


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[info]caniche
2006-07-17 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Ooo that looks very nice! I love the idea of three separate paintings making up a whole.

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[info]clovecigarettes
2006-07-17 08:19 pm UTC (link)
Hey, do you have a pen and paper preference? I don't have a paper preference, although I do like the thicker papers that have a bit of texture to them, but I am in love with Staedtler "pigment liner" pens. Love love love them. But I am always looking for recommendations because I am a pen and paper nerd!

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[info]clovecigarettes
2006-07-17 08:21 pm UTC (link)
BTW, I like the trio of paintings. The bit with the fish and the faux shark fin is funny (and cute)!

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(Anonymous)
2006-07-17 09:02 pm UTC (link)
I very much enjoy working with indian ink :)

I always draw my comics with gel-pens, they are lovely.

And I love steadtler as well :) With the tiny little tube-tips, right? And Rotring if I remember the name correctly.

For paper I like mildly grained ones, with a tiny bit of texture :)

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[info]clovecigarettes
2006-07-17 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Do you use a fountain pen with the India ink? I'm crap with fountain pens. I've seen these Italian-glass dip-pens that are just a glass point, rather than the divided metal fountain pen nib. I wonder what they're like. I guess a brush would work with the india ink, too. I'd be better with a brush than any fountain pen I've tried..

I haven't found a gel pen that I liked using, but maybe I just haven't tried the right ones...

Ooh! Rotring! I have an old old old (like made in "W. Germany" old) mechanical pencil that's nice. I should see if one of the art supply shops around here carry those.
Yeah, the tiny tube-tips/felt tips! I tried a bunch of different ones out at the art store in PDX, but the Staedtler ones seemed the nicest of the ones I tried. And they didn't bleed too much. I have a nice fine-tipped permanent Sharpie marker, but it bleeds way too much!

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[info]hollycomics
2006-07-17 09:13 pm UTC (link)
Yeah markers bleed horribly, that is why they invented marker-paper. It's very smooth and bleedproof. But I like texture so I hardly use that.

And yep, the old fashioned fountainpen! It just requires some practise but you get the best results if you can control the pen :) Also, the trio-painting lines were made with indian ink and a brushie.

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[info]clovecigarettes
2006-07-18 03:31 pm UTC (link)
Do you have a specific kind of old fashioned fountain pen or nib that you prefer? My problem with fountain pens is that the lines break (I can't think of a better way to explain it -- it's like the ink cuts out for a bit) sometimes when I draw them. That said, when I write slowly, my fancy handwriting is best using fountain pens.

That and I get ink all over my fingers, but that's not so bad, it kind of looks cool.

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[info]hollycomics
2006-07-18 04:53 pm UTC (link)
You put too much ink on the pen and you press it too hard ;)

http://www.tilburg.com/upload/Nieuws_Afbeelding/kroontjespen.jpg <-- these are the tips I use, and a jarsie of ink. Always keep some toiletpaper handy, wipe the ink off frequently during drawing :)

Examples of stuff I made with this:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/23217873/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/15448332/

http://www.deviantart.com/view/12568975/

And many more things :)

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[info]hollycomics
2006-07-17 09:03 pm UTC (link)
..yeah that was me, Holly, who forgot to log in. *nod*

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[info]bakenius
2006-07-18 08:28 am UTC (link)
Cute, very cute. Interesting how you keep your characters 'clean' this time, it does wonders for the readability of the painting. Only be carefull not to get too flat.

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