Appreciating Traditional Art

irresponsiblepics 2021-04-24 22:36:16 UTC #61

Finished strip from previous post somewhere else.
All paper and ink scanned...with a little modification (resizing of Bulb Dragon in first panel)

lynestjules 2021-04-25 01:01:55 UTC #62

I tend to colours my inktober sketches with COPICS.

Scarlet_Cryptid 2021-04-25 01:11:54 UTC #63

Nice, smooth work. Love seeing markers done well. <3

lynestjules 2021-04-25 01:32:58 UTC #64

Thank you. It took a lot of practice to get things looking good. I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. I use thick smooth watercolour paper as well. I prefer it over the marker paper I've used so far.

Scarlet_Cryptid 2021-04-25 02:19:23 UTC #65

Oh I hate marker paper too. I use smooth Bristol paper. (If you want to get specific, I use Strathmore's 500-series, in 2-ply plate finish, because I like how it takes the ink, and it comes in big sheets I can cut down to whatever size I want.)

MARNSOA 2021-04-25 22:05:41 UTC #66

I love the coloring!! The shine on the hair looks especially pretty.

I recently started digital art, and then switched back to traditional. Made me really respect traditional artists a lot more because there's no magic undo or lasso tool, which makes life sooo much easier

irresponsiblepics 2021-04-25 22:41:04 UTC #67

Zia!

What is the last one?
For some reason I immediately thought of the Wuzzles...which I know its not (which then triggered old man nostalgia!)

lynestjules 2021-04-26 02:51:56 UTC #68

You're close, it's an 80's cartoon character. It's actually Popples.

irresponsiblepics 2021-04-26 10:09:17 UTC #69

Popples!! thats it! Thanks! XD

ReneVergence 2021-04-29 02:49:40 UTC #70

@jkb4753 Hot damn those are some nice hands.

My comic is digital but I do traditional stuff too. Hope you all don't mind something on the creepier end of the value scale. ba dum tsss

I'm sorry I'll leave now. But take this first.

jkb4753 2021-04-29 02:57:14 UTC #71

Well, you know I love hands. I think yours are pretty sick! The whole piece is ultra spooky, and I love it. No eyes, huh?

WhiskeyMadDog 2021-04-29 04:31:56 UTC #72

I love traditional art. I have been using digital too, but I always do the planning and lineart traditionally. I think you can't get the same emotions with digital. Traditional is more expressive, and freeing. It's a very spiritual process for me. I feel a strong connection with the paper and pen, and I can feel my energy flow from my body, through the pen and ink. With digital, that feeling is dead.
I use the following supplies:
Higgins ink
Dip pen with Leonardt Birmingham nibs
Sakura Micron pens
Van Gogh watercolors
Poems About You handmade custom watercolors (etsy shop. Love their stuff!)
Russian candy wrappers (for popups and clothes)
Embroidery floss
Straftmore sketchbook (might switch to a moleskine later, as the curving of the pages warps the artwork)
Pentel Aquash brush
Crayola crayons
Prismacolor colored pencils
oil pastels
Yellow ink I made myself from turmeric
Gold ink and white ink
J. Herbin ink
And yeah! That's a lot, but it's all the art supplies I've been using as of now!
Here's some of my work:

Thanks and have a good night! ^^