J.L. Martin's photostream

Dr. Peter Venkman from ghostbusters. Pen and ink, coloured digitally.

From a series of Chickadee Powers drawings. This little guy has laser vision. Made with pitt pens on smooth bristol.

When I found out about this week's IF theme I was sitting on the deck of a cottage, in the forest, drawing pictures of chickadees smoking cigarettes. So, it seemed fitting that I combine the theme of "forward" with a how-to guide to chickadee drawing. Of course, the real secret to drawing birds properly, is knowing where to put the cigarette. This is felt tip marker on plain old printer paper with some digital clean up and texture added. I was too lazy to try it in pen and ink plus I like the teensy bit of bleeding this ink does on cheapo paper.

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Prepare... yourself for dinner. This is speedball superblack ink and a dip pen with an imperial 101nib. Paper I think is windpower strathmore. A bit of ink wash and then watercolour pencils for colour.

A quick test drawing, inked with a no. 2 watercolour brush and speedball ink. Colour and texture added digitally. This is part for a project I'm working on.