Another year, another Louis CK performance within walking distance of my apartment, and an excuse to draw him. This drawing was kind of a botched attempt at using a dip pen and a brush. Actually, the brush part was fun, but I tried to do a little shading with the nib, which dispensed ink OK for about 10 minutes then quit. I’m sure it has something to do with me being an amateur, but I think the nibs might also be funky.

I had a little downtime before the debate and sketched our anchor. With the photo comparison, I realize how little it actually looks like him, but I think I captured his soul. Or something. Yeah.

Now I’m experimenting with digitally inking in the same style. Decidedly smoother, but less character? I dunno. I guess it’s all about the same once it’s reduced in size.

This is just a test panel for my comic book, to see if I think I can use real ink instead of doing it digitally. My problem is, I can’t zoom into the paper like I can a digital file, so my naturally shaky hands tend to betray me when drawing little characters with a brush pen. But, I’ll keep practicing.

This is what you call a two-fer. My sister commissioned a drawing of her coworker as a witch (for her birthday…no insult intended, I think!), and I’m also using it to meet my daily sketch blog quota. Pure sorcery.