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TJThrilla — Pen/brush guide
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Just showing inking with a variety of different pens
you can find my youtube tutorial on inking tools here
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Thank you for this useful comparision between different ways to ink something.
I still seach for a useful way to scan a lineart or inked drawing. Any tips on that as well?
Working large is a must as far as my scanner tells me.
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thanks
For scanning it really depends on what you want to do with the image after you scan it, you'll have to keep in mind the DPI(dots per inch, it will determine how much detail and the size of the image scanned) when you scan things into your scanner, generally the bigger you work the better
for stuff I post on DA its usually 100-200 DP but for things I'm getting printed I knock that up to 300
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my personal favs are the Spoon pen and actually the Fineliners... I would like the brush, but I usually don't want such a dark lining to my art..at least that is what I am trying to turn away from c:
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I used to love the spoon pen but I hate how inflexible the nib is 
Yeah the brush has it's place but if you like fineliners its like on the opposite side of the spectrum haha XD
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Would a pen that uses different nib tips be a spoon pen? sorry I didn't have the time to watch your video on the different pen types, but I was just curious.. as I do have that type of pen, just never used it as I am uncertain how the lining would come out and..a good surface to draw on would help too. xD
Just out of curiousity, what do you use for lining most often?
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The spoon pen is just one of the nibs available
If I'm doing pages for my manga usually its about 80% Gpen 20% Spoon pen. so I would say I usually use the Gpen
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That's pretty cool. I like to see comparisons. Thank you for sharing.
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no worries glad you found it helpfull
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thank!
glad you liked it!
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haha I'm surprised you like the ballpoint XD it was my least fav
but I love the G-pen
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Very cool! I also loved the vid
I've just started with nib pens.
I was wondering, what are these called in English?: [link]
In the Netherlands we refer to them as 'crown pens' They were used many years for writing, but they give lovely lines for drawing as well
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That's great! how are you liking them?
[link] it looks like the spoon pen to me
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They're great and I'm surprised as why I haven't tried them sooner!
I definitely need some practice, though
And as you mentioned, I have a few different brands and they behave differently as well
At least they're quite inexpensive and very easy to find!
Thanks for looking into it for me
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no worries ^^ have fun with it!
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Hey I love the video. I've just started working on inking with something other than a ballpoint (I'm using a prismacolor "premier" black .05 marker). It's a bit of a struggle...as you say, if I want thick lines, I need to go over them, which messes them up sometimes. So I may want to try a dip pen. So do you think a spoon pen is the best way to start? Any tips on using it? BTW, since you're such an inking ninja, I'd love it if you could take a look at my latest piece ([link] ). I think it's my best inking so far, but I also feel I have a long way to go. Thanks!
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Glad you liked it
With more realistic work like the ones I've seen on your page I've seen many people do really awesome things with the technical/fineliner pens I found for myself having a 0.1 0.3 0.8 to be the most useful and for the most part I the picture with the 0.3 as I found the thinner ones split easier too so I only really use them for details and such.
I think the best plan honestly would be to pick up both and just go at it with them, You'll probably be able get pretty decent lines out of the spoon pen right away but the G-pen will take some practice, on that same note you'll probably also be able to figure out the limitations and advantages to both if you have both at your disposal. My only advice is to get ink that is best suited for those kinds of pens (another comic artist suggested speedball to be and I haven't used anything else since it was the best I've found so far) and to make sure you have paper that can take it (car stock weight or higher is usually good, but on plain old printer paper the ink tends to bleed very easily)
I checked it out and you're pretty awesome! Your shading is leagues above mine haha
keep up the good work!
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Thanks for looking. I'm going to get myself at least a spoon pen and give it a shot. Have you ever tried a brush pen?
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I don't think so,I posted pretty much all the tools I've used ever minus the Maru pen nib. Can you show me a pic of the kind you're talking about? =d
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I don't have anything to show...everything I've tried with the brush or brush pen has been a a total disaster. I thought the brush pen would be easier than the brush, but I'm hopeless with either
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G-pen all the way man! It really gives it a smooth and professional look ;) The brush looks very good too though! You should consider using both :)
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Yeah I wanna get more practice with all of them!
but G-nib is my main man! haha
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oh no
which one were you using?
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used to be mine too XD but now I'm all about the G-pen
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The G-pen is way more flexible so you can get lines of really different thickness super easy
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Hmm... where did you find it?I might look into it if it' not too expensive...
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most independant art stores carry the nibs
I think a pack of 10 nibs like 10-15$ , the pen holder is around 3$ and the ink itself is around 5-10$
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Uuuugh...X__x that's too hot for my blood. I'm a tighwad and I don't draw THAT much, so that's a near waste for me...
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