Gregory's ServerSketchbook 1/2 🧵
Ballpoint pen studies and randomness (desc. in Alt).
David Revoy
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David Revoy
@jimnakos It's mixed here: half is totally from imagination, another half while watching anatomy content (sometime copying, sometime improving a new view angle). Same for clothes, sometime trying to imitate a random photo, sometime trying to exagerate. I try also to redo the exercice while traveling where I can't access the reference so I can solidify the memory.
s427
@davidrevoy @jimnakos may I ask what kind of anatomy content you use? (Looking for inspiration ^^)
David Revoy
@s427 @jimnakos Sure! I saved a lot of picture on my disk from https://nitter.net/MangaMaterials2 (great courses! 💜 ), and I try to memorize then practice in my sketchbook. 
David Revoy
@Blort Haha, yes, I tried to keep a single page on my sketchbook to try random pen. I adopted a cyan and pink ballpen this way, but I kept my Bic ballpenpoint orange thin 😆
splig
@davidrevoy i rly like how everything flows together, and the studies look great too makes me realize i been slacking lol
David Revoy
@Splig Hey, thanks. It's difficult to directly go on paper with a ballpoint pen. It feels like I'm less at half the skill I can do on computer, or with solid pencil fondation guidelines. But if you look closely I often use a white correction pen (especially when a line really waste a face (eg. on the saxophonist, on same double page than the pen test); and I often roll the ballpen point very tilted to get extra thin line and draw a silhouette prior to darken lines. It's a hard training 😺
splig
@davidrevoy ive never thought to keep a correction pen handy :0 lately ive switched to fountain and brush pens, which makes it even harder to grapple with the inevitable busted ass sketch lmao
David Revoy
@Splig I tried brush pen (pentel type, but a old one, maybe I have to find a more precise one) and fountain pen and I was like "Nope! I can't operate this way" 😆 But I miss a bit of thickness to my lines and generosity. I never tried Zebra pen, maybe a brand that is not implemented well in France; a lot of Bic, Reynolds, Pentel, Stabilo, Staedler, Faber Castle here. I'll try to purchase one and try it ( oh, I checked them online: ink gel, cool).
Marten A. Höhne :mastodon:
@davidrevoy 😲 wow these drawings on all eight double pages are absolutely stunning.
DarekPages
@davidrevoy Beautifully! But for water you only need a waterproof gel pen or traditional ink and a nib. And your opinion?
David Revoy
@darekpages Hey, I really like traditional ink and nib; but they require a desk and something to wash the nib. These are done in transport, waiting rooms, on bed/sofa, etc... A single pen is what I'm limited (and one that can fit within the page of the sketchbook is better).   
Marten A. Höhne :mastodon:
@davidrevoy I think the smoking girl is my favorite. She has this absolutely brilliant facial expression of annoyance. The way she looks at the viewer is perfect. 🙇
David Revoy
@glutfuchs Thanks! I left her on a full page because she had a "leave me alone" vibe and I couldn't really give her company. I'm happy with her, even if I had to put heavy white corrector on her back because I had no idea if this line should be curved or follow the rib cage. Also, her foot closer to the camera is flat like a duck 😆 But yep, she has a lot of life and personnality, and I take that as a win. 🙂
Lit
@davidrevoy whoa beautiful works. I love ink draw. I even bought a fountain pen for drawing. But I realized i can't draw properly haha. Still learning how to draw Do you ever use fountain pen for drawing David?
David Revoy
@litt17 Thank you! When I was a kid, we were forced to write with fountain pen at school (from 7 years old to around 15) and unfortunately, this type of pen still reminds me the empty ink refill in critical moment (a test! 😅 ) or the nib that suddently is super dry or all the opposite: leaking a lot. But I should try again. |
Sketchbook 2/2 🧵
Ballpoint pen studies and randomness (desc. in Alt).
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