Furiously inking

Drawing with a brush pen A4 size

Definitely not Inktober but I found myself furiously inking random scenes in an effort to push my inky mark making. The aim was to move fast and not get too hung up about where the drawing was going. I did a quick pencil sketch and got started.

A4 Black and white brush pe drawing scanned and resized to A3

I was all set to use my computer and drawing tablet to ink with but starting made me feel ill for some reason (maybe the thought at how long this process will take). I thought it would be the easy option but it felt like mindless scribbling with the tablet, so went for cartridge paper and Pental Colour Brush brush pens.

First attempt at digital colouring

I tried colouring it at first in Affinity but I didn't like it so went with a greyscale version instead. Which I do like. I think the colour version was too getting too descriptive. Using my usual colouring process I flattened everything and that was when I started too lose focus.

Decided on greyscale with halftone elements

The greyscale works better and there is a low opacity screen tint like the old Letraset halftone transfer sheets that gave it a Manga feeling. Working with pens on paper was pleasurable. And now I need to refill my brush pens.

Another , more successful attempt at colouring

(Note: With sleepless nights and OCD in these matters I returned to colouring the black and white drawing a few days later and found a colour/texture combination that I thought worked.)