Awesome. But do you have a Banjolele? that is what George Formby played during all his career. I bet you need one too. :)

I haven't done shading in my sketches for more than 25 years. Always felt like it could put the lines at risk of becoming unreadable. It is strange how we creatively change over time.

Loving these ❤️

Thanks. Simple training sessions.

Pencil. Paper.

iPhone sketch done in Procreate pocket on my iPhone.

Architecture doodle. Ballpoint pens on paper. Some UNI Jet-stream and Pentel.

This sketch became a mammoth of a thing

Happy halloween and old paintings for thee

you beat me to it :)

older sketches from around 2017.

daily ship practice. different pens.

This was done EXCLUSIVELY with the new Loscil in the background. Snatched the cd. Talk about inspiration ...

bits of spaceships and machinery. 2025

stunning ♥️

stunning!♥️

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Vestige. a brush test morphing into a full sketch. painted while listening to: lan Hawgood - Celia Ashen

Line and watercolour drawings of whimsical mechanical vehicles and such

Line and watercolour drawings of whimsical mechanical vehicles and such

Line and watercolour drawings of whimsical mechanical vehicles and such

Line and watercolour drawings of whimsical mechanical vehicles and such

Monday morning mech malarkey

Crazy. Photographic color palette, but/and super imaginative. ❤️

wow new art. honestly I have no idea how this one survived, with a power outage literally 10 minutes before I was done, which eradicated 5 crucial layers.

And it is true that these pens can give you a super pleasant feel to write or sketch. But again, it's not going to make you see and sketch better per say.

Well if you go down the road of fancy expensive ink pens, it becomes a slippery slope, as this implies gold nibs and smooth experience on paper etc. Take the Pilot "Vanishing point" series for example.

it's great to a certain extant. but when it comes to more complex designs with let's say, many ellipsis, or intricate curves, you might need more underlying volumes and structure.

no, I just jump straight on the canvas and make a line and then another. I do "see" in perspective though, because of years of doing that stuff.

real paper doodles. different pens. I'm ashamed to admit that often the 5 bucks cheap one can compete with premium ink pens. To a certain degree, it's just not about the pen.

Donald Kingsbury sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/kingsb... was born on this day, so here's some related artwork (artist: Sparth, David B Mattingly, Paul Orban and Chris Foss). The 2nd is the cover art for "The Moon Goddess and the Son"; the 3rd from the June 1952 issue of Astounding for "The Ghost Town":

Frank Herbert sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/herber... died on this day, so here are some of his European book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], Sparth, Manchu and [possibly Wojtek Siudmak?). From Bulgaria, France, France and Poland I think:

On a side note, i do not know what you have in store for the future, but I would definitely love to see some sort of "fill' features for painting volumes, as the painting process does take time.
the app is already perfect but can't wait to see anything you guys have in store.