This is ‘Speed III‘ by Jung Shan, who, as far as I understand, draws digitally and then adds actual ink brush strokes :
I sketched the samurai on a Moleskin watercolor book (21×13 cm):
I used a Pentel brushpen for the black strokes and cold grey Faber-Castell brushpens for the rest:
Then I erased the pencil marks, cut diagonally one of my cheap brushes, prepared a lamp black wash, took a deep breath and stroke:
I discovered Moebius rather recently. Stéphane raved about him, Virginie was a fan. So when she suggested we all meet in Toulon at the occasion of an exhibit of Moebius’ work, it was a done deal. I was fascinated. All these intricate and thin lines giving life to surrealistic worlds, people and creatures!
From one book, I asked Stéphane to choose a few images he liked and this page was my favourite. ‘Le garage hermétique de Jerry Cornelius’:
I sketched a rather precise version in pencil on an A4 white sheet:
Using a Pentel Brushpen, I started inking the straight lines (and later the flying figure as well as the black area around the title at the top):
The rest of the outline I did with a 0.05 mm Uni-ball pin pen:
Tada! Gift ready and framed. The resulting drawing was 16×21 cm:
[Inktober: 31 days 31 drawings, following a prompt list.]
Voilà, Inktober 2017 is over. I really enjoyed doing it this year again and will probably do it next year. I was not inspired every day but most days I was. I’m quite proud of most the drawings I made and I hope you liked them as well. (Interestingly some of those I didn’t particularly like were liked/favourited more than I anticipated, and by the same token, a few of those I found outstanding didn’t garner a lot of popularity.)
Day 26: ‘Squeak’. Black and white ink drawing of a cat playing with a mouse, against a circular background of red watercolour.
Day 27: ‘Climb’. Black and grey ink drawing of the silhouette of a woman rock-climbing.
Day 28: ‘Fall’. Grey India ink soft brush pen, black ink pin pen and black ink brush pen drawing of a man falling from a skyscraper. For this one, I had to hold a soft brush pen in each hand so that the dark and light greys would blend better. I don’t know how others do it.
Day 29: ‘United’. Grey India ink soft brush pen, black ink pin pen and black ink brush pen drawing of two carps, forming a circle.
Day 30: ‘Found’. Grey India ink soft brush pens and black ink pin pen drawing of a foundry and tiny people. I made a typo in the theme on the drawing, oh well.
Day 31: ‘Mask’. Black ink pin pen and white Posca pen drawing of a man holding a mask.
Inktober prompt list:
[Inktober: 31 days 31 drawings, following a prompt list]
Day 21: ‘furious’. Black ink brush pen drawing of a roaring gorilla.
Day 22: ‘trail’. Black ink pin pen drawing of a dirt path winding next to a tree and what in hindsight looks like a pile of poo but was meant to resemble a pile of rocks.
Day 23: ‘juicy’. Grey India ink brush pen drawing of a dripping slice of orange and the word ‘juicy’ underneath.
Day 24: ‘blind’. Black ink pin pen, grey India ink brush pen and black ink brush pen drawing of feet walking forward, following a white cane.
Day 25: ‘ship’. Black ink pin pen, grey India ink brush pen and black ink brush pen drawing of a lopsided ship stranded in the sand on the shore.
Inktober prompt list:
