Back to simplicity

So I did a couple of highly detailed drawings in the past few days in brush and ink, like the stingray below... I started out using a hard tipped pen, and then moved into using a fine brush with india ink... I couldn't control the ink so well, and so I moved on to a brush-pen (specifically the Faber-Castell Pitt Pens) filled with india ink... The affect was similar, almost identical really, and easier to control.

However, just for kicks with these exercises, I chose to go back to the ol' brush and ink well method, and I think that the line quality is much better. I'm working on technical vellum, which holds the ink really well. I've been using cotton comp, trace paper, and a variety of thicknesses of technical vellum with the brush pens as well, so the paper isn't new. I'm surprised how well the vellum holds up to the brush work.

I think I might do the "Inconsequential" comic (my chosen title for the series I'm working on outside of my paid work) in brush and ink... I was already thinking I wanted to work double-size for the series anyway, but now I really want to go all out. The attention to detail returns when I work in a fine brush...

We'll see how that goes!