Been using a Pentel Fudepen(筆ペン, Japanese brush pen)...

Been using a Pentel Fudepen(筆ペン, Japanese brush pen) lately to ink comics, and love the result! Easy to do thick and thin. I love dip pens, but there's something about using a brush that is just so pleasant ^_^.
On the plus side, they're completely refillable. Got one while in Japan in 2020.

Some unfinished comic frames, featuring two characters talking to each other.

a hand holding a fudepen over an open sketchbook with ink drawings done using that same fudepen.

Like 12 May 2023 at 17:17 | Open on merveilles.town

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R E K

Evidently, I make a lot of mistakes that I have to correct digitally. Hopefully I'll make fewer as I get used to it.

12 May 2023 at 17:18 | Open on merveilles.town

floatvoid

@rek i have one too, i really like it. i have the fp5f. the squishy body takes some getting used to.

12 May 2023 at 20:10 | Open on merveilles.town

R E K

@floatvoid looked at a video of someone using the fp5f to try and see the difference with mine, brush size looks a bit thinner maybe? Hard to tell.

13 May 2023 at 1:35 | Open on merveilles.town

ratfactor

@rek I switched over completely to brushes and brush pens. Super expressive. Dip pens are so cool, but I ruined way too many drawings with ink blobs from them.

(Fountain pens are also awesome for consistent lines or stippling with dots without the danger factor of the dip pen.)

15 May 2023 at 1:27 | Open on mastodon.art

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