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Published: 2006-04-05 20:15:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 5058; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 138
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Woke up rather early this morning and decided to do a little drawing -- although this turned out a bit closer to sketching, really. I got rather sloppy in several places.
I thought about painting in some stars but decided it was busy enough as it is.
This little pic marks a new discovery for me... hoo boy, you're going to laugh at this one... I finally realized that I can use a brush to black in large areas.
You see, I've been using my Rapidographs to lay down large fields of black... which results in noticeable stroke patterns. Heh. I only realized that brush and ink could be useful for me due to some recent commissions where I was forced to reline over watercolour and since Rapidographs immediately clog up with pigment if you try to ink over paint 
I had to use a brush. Necessity... is a good thing.Original is 4x4", 4 or 5 hours, rapidograph and brush on bristol
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"Wey hey, and up she rises!"
I do love a good pirate ship.
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Again, your Flag designs are equally as EPIC as the ships themselves.....
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THIS IS BUEATIFUL. THIS IS WHAT I LOVE TO SEE - LOTS OF SHIPS. THEIR ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS.
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It looks absolutely great. I won't even ask how you managed to put all the tiny little details that make the picture look so good. At any rate - that's a very beautiful boat... err, ship ^^
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Ink and brush is love! 
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Thats really captured the essence of piracy... I think i'm right in saying that small fast ships are a more realistic corsair choice than huge 100 gun things...
I dont think its fair that you can just get up and do that!
I had a similar revalation when i was trying out pencil with pen. I could put then pen on last and clog it up and ruin it... or I could put it on first... theres a thought. I felt kinda stupid.
Great work anyway!
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Indeed, most pirate craft were on the small side... historically the largest european pirate ships were at most sixth-rates (frigates usually) like Edward Teach's Queen Anne's Revenge.
Yeah, I felt pretty stupid when I realized I could block in ink with a brush. It was definitely a "durrrrrrrh" kind of moment, coupled with the thought of how many hours in the past I'd spend painstakingly layering rapidograph strokes.
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I was recently introduced to some (to me) new techniques with a brush and ink and WOW has it changed my style!! I've fallen in love with the brush and my Radiographs are collecting dust!
This is fabulous. I love the details and the whole mood of the piece. Great work!
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Thank you!
Hopefully I'll have some time to start experimenting with brush and ink soon. Unfortunately the only brush I have that produces lines fine enough for my taste is my sole 0000 sable -- either I fork over the money for a new lot of detail brushes or I start drawing larger pictures.
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Honestly, you don't need a lot of brushes. I've found that my fine point #6 sable round produces a wonderful variety of lines. The ink portrait I did of Andreas (titled "The Evidence of Duty") and the second Batman comic panel I inked were both done with only that brush (although I used technical pens for some of the straight lines on the Batman page). Experiment and I'm sure you'll find that a single brush can be amazingly versatile!
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how do you uplod painting later on i mean most of them don fit scanners ?? and if you take photos they come out all crappy
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Many artists seem to use cameras to capture paintings. A camera can produce decent quality images if you know how to use it... I don't really know how to use the one I've been using, but everything in my gallery has been photographed and not scanned.
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thanks that has been very helpful cuase like I'm about to try and work on large scale but not on a computer and i was wondering how i'd put it. thanks allot.
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Well, I really like it. I love the monochromatic sort of thingy you have going on
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Not since high school, I think. I remember it was a lot of fun to do. Somewhere in my "ancient crap" files I think I still have some of the prints from that cut.
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