TOOLS
What are everyone's favorite tools for art making? I try new things here and there, but I'm starting to be more consistent in my process lately.
for illustration:
1. paper - usually just printer paper, since I can't afford nice texture stuff yet
2. inks - i like a gnarled up or slightly dried out micron 05 or 08. and any ink pen with a chisel tip - i got a sharpie with a nice edge and this cool chiseled pen by ITOYA called Doubleheader.
3. colors - photoshop usually, sometimes build palettes in illustrator, or pull colors from rich photos.
4. texture - if i need a little more texture, i'll sometimes pull some from old photos or grungetextures.com
3 comments:
my favorite pencil to draw with is the Caran d'Ache Suprasoft II (black), especially for figure drawing. they sell them at davinci. last year i also got into drawing with china markers. if your paper has some tooth, those can be a lot of fun.
as for inks: i recently got a rotring art pen, which has a flexible nib and an ink cartridge, so no dipping (there's an optional extender that will let you fill it with your own ink). not quite as flexible as a hunt 102, but the trade off is worth it for the finer line work i think. i know a lot of people hate pen nibs, but i always preferred the physical feedback you get from a nib over a brush.
kuler is a cool web based palette generator. though i prefer painter's picker, which is system level plugin for mac os x.
Drawing: Any pencil I can get my hands on. At this point, I'm just using 99cent store no2 pencils. I also enjoy using a lead holder for my life drawing. and Ditto the china markers.
Inking: I'm doing mostly digital at this point. But i love the flexibility of a brush, I just dont have the skills to make it work the way i want it to work so i use pens (I like Pitt pens). I despise nibs but that Rotring pen that Ben has is pretty sweet, might hafta buy me one of those. I just bought a watercolor brush pen and filled it with ink, it leaks sometimes but it's pretty cool when it works.
Color: Photoshop. No fancy color pickers or techniques.
Paper: Typing or bristol.
Pencil: I agree with Gabe, whatever I could get my hands on thats cheap.
Brush: #2 Winsor&Newton series 7
Color: Photoshop (I wish I could paint)
For sketching, I've been using a uniball, or ballpoint pen lately. They are very immediate, and they take to washes with ink or color.
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