I discovered this channel recently and oh my this is just amazing. I am a traditional illustrator for over 20 years and I really needed some boost of knowledge.
@@longstrideillustration thank YOU for taking the time and analyzing each stroke and style. This is the additional research and work that I often don't have enough time to do outside of my specific work. You are appreciated!
Hi. Frazetta's had a feature not long ago, were there other masters you'd like to see for shading? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AyhezDt5a-U.htmlsi=d4J2vycSimV9a40X
YT recommended your channel. Thank you! Immediately hit the subscribe button! I’ve been wanting to try wash and ink to add dimension to my watercolors. This is awesome! Learned so much just from 2 videos of yours.
Wow, I hadn't heard of this artist before ☺️, but I'm absolutely mesmerised by his technique and compositions. Thank you so much for the tips and I really like your studies as well. 😊
I had wondered if some of his drawings use different shades of ink but it sounds like they probably don't, that's very interesting and thanks for sharing your thoughts and how you approach his techniques.
Thank you, glad that you're enjoying them. I plan on making longer videos in the Fall/Winter. Summer is too busy to spend hours at the computer editing. I do have a course available, here is the Trailer for it (find course links in the trailer description): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YJpcUNe2PGg.html
Hello! I've been watching a lot of your videos recently and have learned so much from them. Since I've been getting more and more into dip and brush pens, I was wondering if you'd make a video regarding line weight! Unless you've already made one, in which case apparently I'm blind haha. Thanks for reading.
Thanks for the suggestion! I mention line quality here and there but have yet to dedicate a video on this topic. I'm happy you're enjoying the channel and inking along with me.
Speaking of comics, check the album The Tower from the series Obscure Cities with drawings by Francois Schuiten (and also a magnificent story by Benoit Peeters).
Some of the volumes in his drawings almost look like they're moving or vibrating. Thank you for another great video in the series. I have most of the books you reference and I really enjoy taking another look at them after watching your analysis. Ne t on my bookshelf i have Mike Mignola and Jim Woodring 🤞🤞
I think Booth draw with pen and ink on scratchboard. This is what you can see in the darker areas where the white lines are predominant over the black ones🤔
"Booth built up his white-line tones, section by section with pen and black ink alone, while other artists of his time worked on scratchboard" is what is quoted in the Treasury of American Illustrators.
Coll died at the young age of 40 and so had less time to publish than the other illustrators of his time. I'm actually working on a script right now for the great-3 (Coll/Flagg/Gibson).
In that video I use several instruments for inking. You'll find the complete list in the video description with (affiliate) links. To find the right dip pen for your drawing style, visit my blog: longstrideillustration.com/best-dip-pens-for-drawing/
I notice that you hold your dip pen at an angle to create a more constant, thicker line than just pressing down harder. Is that a technique you would recommend for thick lines with that type of tool?
It's best to hold dip pens at a 25-30 degree angle for the tines of the nib to hold the ink and work properly (and avoid leaks). I talk more about holding positions in my videos and more in my course (links in description). Dip pens allow for a broad range of line width by varying the pressure. If you're interested in choosing the right dip pen for your style this article might be helpful: longstrideillustration.com/best-dip-pens-for-drawing/
Dear, Chloe, finding your channel has been a blessing. I'm a beginner in the medium, and I really like your teaching style. Do you have a course on how to draw in this medium? I am using fineliners and watercolours, but I am having a very hard time to create line weight variation with these fineliners. Do you know where or how can I find a course to improve my technique with fineliners? Thanks so much for your videos.
Glad you're enjoying the videos. I do happen to have a course that launched about 1 month ago available on both Udemy and Skillshare. Although the focus is on using dip pens, I also demonstrate how to reach similar effects using fine liner pens. Majority of the students who have submitted projects so far have used alternative tools to dip pens and still found the lessons quite valuable, giving 5-star reviews. You can watch the trailer here and find links in the description text for the courses: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YJpcUNe2PGg.html
@@longstrideillustration Thank you so much! I would definitely check it out! I'd love if, one day, you did a course only on fine liners or ballpens. I live in Colombia, and getting good materials here is difficult and expensive.
Good video. I have two questions: can a pen and ink drawer not draw lines at all at something he wants the value to be light (let's say he imagines the suit at 2:59 of the dude to be lime green)? Second question: can such a drawer use a different color ink like different tones of grey for values? How would that look like, using the same principles of lining and hatching that is done with black ink (but this time with different colors of inks)?
Hmm, I'll do my best to answer this. I'm not as familiar with using colour, however the same principles apply (lighting, shading, tone, values) - for example, the primary colours hold the same 'value' number and it is by mixing them that the tone/hue changes. And so by mastering greyscale is how colourists excel. I made a couple of videos on how to translate nature or a colour painting into blackwork: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T5L3w-QaFIg.htmlsi=HCL7HhKXoqKa76LF
For me no one matches the beauty of Booths line calligraphy …….I seem to remember that he also used the scratch board technique for getting those thin white lines out of solid blacks. Another artist who emulated his style is comic artist Alfredo Alcala. As much as I adore Bernie Wrightons work, Booth and Joseph Clement Coll, for me, are the tops when it comes to black and white ink work.
I don't think so, it's hard indeed, but it's possible to get long, straight and parallel lines with some practice. Our body can perform "miracles" after a good training. You can see an example of these long lines in one of my videos.
There are a few warmup exercises that help with this, also moving from the shoulder and elbow rather than wrist and fingers. More ideas for training on my blog, longstrideillustration.com/directly-to-ink-drawing-exercises/ and on @RogerioLupoArteCientifica 's channel.
I practice alot i can do some long lines decently but there are too many lines so I had a doubt , probably he took some breaks in between to do such lines
I think ballpoint as an inking tool can do a lot, like great mid-tones and gradations. My only concern would be the quality of the ink for preserving longevity of an original. Do you know of ballpoint brands that carry ballpoints with archival ink?
@@longstrideillustration Unfortunately i don't know. I use a BIC ballpoint pen. Even the drawings that i made some years ago still looks fine, but it's hard to perserve. And thank you for aswer me, i really like your videos. If you are interest, there's a really good ballpoint pen artist called Joaquín Rodríguez. The following link is one of his drawings. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CRAj096dyx0.html
@@longstrideillustration Unfortunately, i don't know. I use a BIC ballpoint pen, it has a good logevity, but only if you keep the drawings really safe; otherwise, they'll be ruined really fast. I think this is the biggest flaw about ballpoint pens.
