Moleskine! —

I also picked up a Moleskine sketchbook for my birthday. I've heard such great things, and was so blown away by Sean Phillips' and Duncan Fegredo's Intersections that I thought I'd pick one up. It's cool. Great paper, and I'm getting used to the size. At first I felt it was a bit too small and restrictive, but there's a lot to be said for being able to work smaller and faster.

I also learned really quickly that, as nice as the paper is, it sure doesn't hold up to either Copic markers or watercolor pencils for shit. Grr.

Pentel Brush Pen!!! —

Pentel Brush Pen!! 

Seriously, how great is this thing?! Karl Kerschl uses it! Sean Phillips does too! It's badass.  I was always afraid of inking with a brush, but I got one of these for my birthday (I asked for it) and now the fear, she is gone. I mean, I'm not gonna throw out my Staedtler pigment liners or anything, but I fricking love this brush pen. So much so that I went out and bought a really nice Windsor-Newton brush from Opus, which is also great. Inking is really fun suddenly. Now if only I didn't suck so much at it ...

More of the Same —

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah —

I know. I haven't been posting. I have been drawing, though, so that's gotta count for something, right?

Right?

On this first one, I got to wondering if all this stick figure work would pay off, so I fleshed out one of the sticks and was happy enough with the results that I resolved to draw about a thousand more sticks.