Awesome inks as usual but may ask what is the technique you use? Yes I know you use pens but is there a certain format that you use for faces, hair, bodies armor and so forth when you are deciding which pen thickness to use in each of these cases?
Well, it depends on the complexity of the picture. I always start from the outline of the main character for which I use a bolder pen, then I pick a thinner one for the particulars like the eyes, or the costume/armor/clothes details. For this one, by the way, I used the nib for most of the picture, except for Aphrodite where I decided to use a pen to have a perfect control and render the best I can the perfect face that Finch already did In the monster I felt I could put some more personal spin and have more freedom, so I used the nib and the pens just for some particulars on the arm. Then it varies if I have a picture with different plans, like in the Black Cat one. There there were a lot of little particulars so I didn't use the nib (only a bit for BC outline), and I used a lot the pens. The thicker for the first plan, then a thinner one for Spiderman and the nearer buildings, and then the thinnest one for the farther buildings. This allows you to let people see the different plans and make the main characters pop up
Ah I see and I understand what you are talking about and appreciate what you said (scrambles to other art to try out some other ideas) In the mean time great work and keep it up. I still have a long way to go and I still face a limitation of 5 different kinds of pens living here in China. The funny part is that most of the pens that are being used by artists in the United States to ink these kinds of art are originally made in China, Mexico, Malaysia or some other East country but yet we who live here can't get these kinds of pens at all. They are not made available to the public.
I always start from the outline of the main character for which I use a bolder pen, then I pick a thinner one for the particulars like the eyes, or the costume/armor/clothes details.
For this one, by the way, I used the nib for most of the picture, except for Aphrodite where I decided to use a pen to have a perfect control and render the best I can the perfect face that Finch already did
In the monster I felt I could put some more personal spin and have more freedom, so I used the nib and the pens just for some particulars on the arm.
Then it varies if I have a picture with different plans, like in the Black Cat one. There there were a lot of little particulars so I didn't use the nib (only a bit for BC outline), and I used a lot the pens.
The thicker for the first plan, then a thinner one for Spiderman and the nearer buildings, and then the thinnest one for the farther buildings. This allows you to let people see the different plans and make the main characters pop up