I have to say that I feel in love with Sergio Toppi's illustrations the first time I saw them. Not only is his rendering a delight but his composition and his use of white space is so inspiring.
I agree, and also Toppi's imagination is delightful - it reminded me of the type of stuff I used to sketch as a kid (instead of listening to the teacher in math class). His style is dream-like.
Thank you for the video. I discovered Sergio Toppi's illustrations/art a couple of years ago, the large and impressive volume of his work/art is staggering, what an amazing talent he was. I hope more students and lovers of illustration/ pen and ink/art in the US check out his art, he was a true master.
Your videos have inspired me and taught me so much the past few months! I can't wait to delve into Toppi's work and possibly do a master study myself 😁
What an interesting study, i personally struggle with textures a lot, I find difficult to come up with proper material representation. This study beatifully reminds me that sometimes the textures don't necessarily need to be representative, as long as they're interesting. I think with this knowledge i might dedicate more time to coming up with textures that i find interesting instead of focusing on natural representation.
@@longstrideillustration the only question then becomes how to tackle crosshatching, but that's a whole other beast. I've noticed that traditional ink on paper techniques tend to utilise minimal crosshatching (or when they do it's in a very different manner) while when tone comes into play crosshatching is employed almost exclusively. This might also be a cultural thing, since you rarely see Japanese illustrators not use tone. It's truly strange because crosshatching feels very chaotic to me, yet illustrators like iwamune haruo make it seem so natural and organic. This might be thanks to the tone too admittedly. Sorry for the slight tangent, I really find this strange and interesting, because the use of crosshatching by Japanese illustrators is very pretty and they do not avoid using it in the slightest, if there is almost any amount of hatching another group of lines is sure to cross with it.
@@Mikuru-inkings I hear you! I'm conflicted about cross-hatching because of my admiration for Booth and Wrightson's styles. But stay tuned because I'll be doing an Albrecht Dürer study soon that will have us practicing orderly cross-hatching and nice tonal variety.
I was jealous of your pen holder, so I sculpted my own out of clay that looks like a bear (my favorite animal). Oh, hey! A bear! Anyway, love your videos and find them really inspiring and helpful.
@@longstrideillustration Mam I don't know very well but a youtuber Jadokar who use scumbling hatching. I search for a long on RU-vid but I didn't find artist who use scumbling hatching 😭
@@jagritimishra4928from what I know about that type of hatching it isn't typically used with ink. I interpret the method as layers of scribbles that add up to tones the more you overlay them. Generally I wouldn't worry about studying it that much, this style is one that you learn from experience and experimentation, try and be more loose with your outlines, combine line flow and direction with the direction of the scribbles too. I think it's a nice method to have in your repertoire, it mostly follows similar outlines as hatches or crosshatched would, you just make the line/lines a bit more "funky", as long as you have a decent foundation in those areas it shouldn't be difficult to grasp.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm about drawing with ink! Have just discovered your blog, and plan to dig deep. Would you consider doing an analysis of Van Gogh's pen drawings? His use of the wide reed pen was distinctive and an obvious source for the brush strokes in his paintings. Also, wonder if you use fountain pens and, if so, what suggestions you have for them. Best regards, claude
Thank you! I'm glad that your enjoying my enthusiasm for pen and ink! Van Gogh's pen drawing would be an interesting video, thank you for the suggestion. I do not use fountain pens, maybe in the future. All the best.
Sure, thanks for the feedback. It's a challenge to edit videos that will appeal to everyone. You can expect some variety on the channel, otherwise it gets a bit uniform/repetitive. Though, I do indeed prefer a chill vibe as the norm 😊
