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Sketchbook 1/2 🧡
Ballpoint pen studies and randomness (desc. in Alt).

#sketchbook #ballpointpen #MastoArt #sketch

Sketchbook 1: various witches, a weird dog, Ranma!, and a young child scribbled over my drawings in a corner and I mention it. Sketchbook 3: various female body studies with bra and pants. One is crouched full page with a cigarette. Some white corrector is visible. A weird face in the corner with cat hears.
Sketchbook 2: various studies of clothes wrinkle, white shirt without bra, shirt, hoodies, large hoodies. Usage of colored ballpen cyan and pink. A steampunk girl with pinkhair. Sketchook 4: various foot studies, a woman in a weird pose discover a butterfly on her foot. Another one sit on a chair next to a big foot with sunglasses. A thumbnail study in the corner for a 2024 illustration: too gothic.
#mastoart #sketch #sketchbook #ballpointpen
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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Sketchbook 2/2 🧡
Ballpoint pen studies and randomness (desc. in Alt).

#sketchbook #ballpointpen #MastoArt #sketch

Sketchbook 5: Pleroma kicking a bat-Threads logo, A politician with a pineapple in place of the head saying 'vote for me', a saxophone player, various pen test on the right page, with 'wet' test for the ink: brushes, ink pen, gel pen, ballpoint pen. Most of the test are bad doodle with ink going out of control. Sketchbook 7: GNU/Linux fishing together, a guy at a conference, an attempt for Yennefer from the Witcher books with a landscape done with a leaky ballpen: a man on a horse is visible in background. A cowboy girl drinks with a hyppo and a owl.
Sketchbook 6: Top down studies, various portraits, various furry animals (dog, cow, cockatrel), someone watch with futuristic glasses in a cold environment, a sort of mecha armor for a woman protecting a plant, a bear, a squirel, a young woman, Clint Eastwood. Sketchbook 8: Various clothes, bra, and top without bra studies. Two heads of stereotyped fantasy Orcs.
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Blortβ„’ πŸ€β“‹πŸ₯‹β˜£οΈ  
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So you're into pentesting now? 😜
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@Blort Haha, yes, I tried to keep a single page on my sketchbook to try random pen. I adopted a cyan and pink ballpen this way, but I kept my Bic ballpenpoint orange thin πŸ˜†
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Ed
Ed  
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these are fantastic! WOW!
splig
splig  
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i rly like how everything flows together, and the studies look great too

makes me realize i been slacking lol
its like ive lost the ability to just draw without a solid plan...

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David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@Splig Hey, thanks. It's difficult to directly go on paper with a ballpoint pen. It feels like I'm less at half the skill I can do on computer, or with solid pencil fondation guidelines. But if you look closely I often use a white correction pen (especially when a line really waste a face (eg. on the saxophonist, on same double page than the pen test); and I often roll the ballpen point very tilted to get extra thin line and draw a silhouette prior to darken lines. It's a hard training 😺
@splig
splig
splig  
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ive never thought to keep a correction pen handy :0
but ya ive also only used ball point pens in my sketchbooks for p much my whole adult life (tho i never post anything .-.)
i like the way you described the sneaky sketch method; zebra pens are my fav in that regard...

lately ive switched to fountain and brush pens, which makes it even harder to grapple with the inevitable busted ass sketch lmao

David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@Splig I tried brush pen (pentel type, but a old one, maybe I have to find a more precise one) and fountain pen and I was like "Nope! I can't operate this way" πŸ˜† But I miss a bit of thickness to my lines and generosity. I never tried Zebra pen, maybe a brand that is not implemented well in France; a lot of Bic, Reynolds, Pentel, Stabilo, Staedler, Faber Castle here. I'll try to purchase one and try it ( oh, I checked them online: ink gel, cool).
@splig
DarekPages
DarekPages  
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Beautifully! But for water you only need a waterproof gel pen or traditional ink and a nib. And your opinion?
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@darekpages Hey, I really like traditional ink and nib; but they require a desk and something to wash the nib. These are done in transport, waiting rooms, on bed/sofa, etc... A single pen is what I'm limited (and one that can fit within the page of the sketchbook is better).
About the test page; yes: all the things I tried were pen I found around on desk of other (office things) I visited during the holidays. I was curious. I like pen that cost less than 2 Euros like my Bic orange thin. ☺️
@DarekPages
DarekPages
DarekPages  
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The gel pen has its disadvantages. But the best oil pen is Bic. Best for sketching, doodling. It best combines portability and creativity.
matclab
matclab  
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I like your ballpen sketchbook so much. They are an open door to imagination and stories.

#sketchbook #ballpointpen #MastoArt #sketch

#mastoart #sketch #sketchbook #ballpointpen
T.A. Walker
T.A. Walker  
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Wonderful work πŸ‘πŸ» This reminds me how it sucks that I’m a manga/anime fan, who couldn’t draw if his family’s life depended on it 😫
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Blortβ„’ πŸ€β“‹πŸ₯‹β˜£οΈ  
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I've always an irrational love of using ballpoint pens as a medium. :blobcatlove:
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@jimnakos It's mixed here: half is totally from imagination, another half while watching anatomy content (sometime copying, sometime improving a new view angle). Same for clothes, sometime trying to imitate a random photo, sometime trying to exagerate. I try also to redo the exercice while traveling where I can't access the reference so I can solidify the memory.
@Toyohito (豊人) Nakos (γƒŠγ‚³γ‚Ή)
Cyber Yuki
Cyber Yuki  
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The folds on the shirts are amazing.
Khleedril
Khleedril  
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You're truely talented, and have a great taste in operating systems.
s427
s427  
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@jimnakos may I ask what kind of anatomy content you use? (Looking for inspiration ^^)
@Toyohito (豊人) Nakos (γƒŠγ‚³γ‚Ή)
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@glutfuchs Thanks! I left her on a full page because she had a "leave me alone" vibe and I couldn't really give her company. I'm happy with her, even if I had to put heavy white corrector on her back because I had no idea if this line should be curved or follow the rib cage. Also, her foot closer to the camera is flat like a duck πŸ˜† But yep, she has a lot of life and personnality, and I take that as a win. πŸ™‚
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@s427 @jimnakos Sure! I saved a lot of picture on my disk from https://nitter.net/MangaMaterials2 (great courses! πŸ’œ ), and I try to memorize then practice in my sketchbook.
@s427 @Toyohito (豊人) Nakos (γƒŠγ‚³γ‚Ή)
Lit
Lit  
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whoa beautiful works. I love ink draw. I even bought a fountain pen for drawing. But I realized i can't draw properly haha. Still learning how to draw

Do you ever use fountain pen for drawing David?

David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@litt17 Thank you! When I was a kid, we were forced to write with fountain pen at school (from 7 years old to around 15) and unfortunately, this type of pen still reminds me the empty ink refill in critical moment (a test! πŸ˜… ) or the nib that suddently is super dry or all the opposite: leaking a lot. But I should try again.
My sketchbook is done on transport, on bed, when waiting... the ballpoint pen I put inside the pages of the sketchbook is always working perfectly and has a long duration.
@Lit
Akira
Akira  
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Incredible and beautiful, I'm still speechless for everything πŸ‘πŸ’
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