Thread 7716555

Post your favorite pen art.

>>7716555 (OP)
why the fuck can't I draw like that
life isn't fair

>>7716612
When god was giving out brains you thought he said trains and he you said, "I'll take an ol' slow clunky coal driven one.

>>7716612
Alphonso Dunn 's textures are some of favorite in all of pen draftsmanship. They have such wonderful character.

>>7716613
>god

>>7716612
This is what dynamic sketching teaches. Go get 'em, tiger.

>>7716555 (OP)
yeah but can he draw a cute waifu?

>>7716646
Does this count?

>>7716555 (OP)
I like Virgil Finlay. The dated medium combined with sci fi is a very cool vibe.

I am a sucker for flowing, clean lines

>>7716555 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/live/r-_mfJKfgAU?si=vmu0F7xI5-mlA8dN
in progress

>>7717313
This is cool.

>>7717382
Thanks

>>7717912
This is such a a good drawing. The only things I would change are his expression (should be stronger) and the horse's hind legs (shouldn't be parallel).

>>7718372
How did Wrightson pull this off, anyway?

>>7718377
100+ hours per piece, 7 years for about 50 pages while doing contract work elsewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPQZKqyi7Q&list=PLX_8qX_E1Nu7XoE0jTv4JBsV8-_03lCW_

richard friend does a lot of coverage on. can learn if you want. its mostly franklin booth techniques.

>>7716555 (OP)
A couple from Nicolas V Sanchez. Almost made me go down a ballpoint rabbit hole.

>>7718961
meant to post this one, but never saved it.

>>7717199
fucking neat
makes me want to go back and buy a few packs of uni-balls and get back to my roots. this is a good reminder that my art existed before the internet. fucking internet stupid tech ruined my desire to hand-draw shit on paper.

>>7718372
Art like this makes me obsess over every little detail in my own drawings, then I end up spending hours just staring at them and doing nothing

Another classic. Just super clean.

>>7716615
Amazing. Looks like something from a good manga.

Stuff like this has been my recent obsession in reproducing and learning. Just high contrast "simple" pieces.

>>7719002
There are no good manga. Just tracers and photobashers.

>>7719000
Looks like AI.

>>7719007
Al Williamson was born in 1931. Im sure its AI Flash Gordan art.

>>7718961
v cool!

>>7718956
mmm. that makes sense. I remember reading that he was displeased with his first work on Frankenstein and went back and did a lot more work on it.

Eichanwald or something does these. Posts on twitter, does some art books, few comic book covers for conan, etc.

Forget this guys name. Also on twitter and lot of art books. Enjoy his work.

Franklin Booth

Another wrightson frankentsein. Ive tried doing this type of work before. The grass alone takes HOURS. like a 1x1 cube of this type of grass is just painstaking detail work. And overinking or messing up values can quickly destroy the entire piece if you rush or arent paying attention to your values and composition.

>>7719057
fuck, thats a shitty version. had to delete. not sure when saved that. heres good version.

>>7719050
Philip Harris. Great little piece.

>>7719050
That's goddamn pleasant. I love how the tree isn't just extending past the border, it's growing out of the panel and there are little shoots that are extending out and around the border while the main branch is angling behind it. *Mwah* chef's kiss

>>7719523
Yeah, it's pretty great.

>>7716612
A lack of mileage.

>>7719050
Phillip Harris.
https://cara.app/philipharrisart/all
Pinterest is a fucking blight on this earth.

>>7719585
It's helped me find more artists than any other app/social media, though its become an AI hellscape lately.

Daniel C. Beard

>>7719616
Love this old illustration style.

Can you do this with a ballpoint pen

>>7719647
People can. I dislike ballpoint and dont feel like trying to master the touch over just using a brush/nib/finerliner

>>7719647
I do it when I'm away from my computer. Mostly because I can't be assed learning anything else. Digital has made me soft.