Ok..finally pencilled and inked a new page. I think it might be almost a year ago since the last update?? To prove that something is indeed going on, I’m posting an inked detail. I’m pleased with how the two last panels turned out, but I’m starting to consider returning to using a brush again for the thicker lines. I’m not satisfied with the lack of variation a pen offers anymore.
Delving deep into the pen versus brush subject I believe it is two separate abilities that constantly develops – the ability to control the pen/brush/nib and the ability to envision what I want the inked end result to look like. These abilities don’t evolve in parallell but in unsynchronized jumps. Those jumps are what causes me to either revert to pens (when I feel my brush control isn’t up to what I can envision) or return to brushes (when the pens are the limiting factor to achieve the envisioned line). ..and blah blah blah
