Tim Vigil Inking (Time Lapse)

[Aztec5713]

I think living things look better inked in with a brush. Pen dose to sharp of lines and is to hard. Pen works best on none living things .

[piraterobot714]

what kind of ink do you use?

[jainitai]

@piraterobot714

Tim uses Holbein Special Black ink.

[mittROMNEY666]

its like blair witch project

[jainitai]

@mittROMNEY666

And it turns out at the end that Tim is an evil witch.

[axolszewski]

Tripods are cheap.

[jainitai]

@axolszewski

If you bothered reading the other comments you'd realize the lack of tripod wasn't because I couldn't afford one. It was because there was no room to set up a tripod.

[nuke97]

Tracer!!!

[fleshlovers]

wow cool

[OHNOESNOTTHETACOS]

How long did that picture take him?

[jainitai]

@OHNOESNOTTHETACOS

In real time it was about 25 minutes.

[OHNOESNOTTHETACOS]

@jainitai

Amazing...

[Candyzinho]

name of this brush?

[jainitai]

@Candyzinho

I don't know. Some kind of sable brush, I think.

[xwarmouthx]

@Candyzinho More than likely its a Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky brush. It's considered top of the line and used by a lot of inkers.

[jun22manzano]

is he inking the original pencilled art?

[jainitai]

@jun22manzano

Yes.

[filmguy1980]

Amazing.

[kboydlake83]

Screwed up the eye.... oof!

[jainitai]

@DeathByCutscene

I think it was just plain ol' Strathmore drawing paper (those sketchpads).

[graphicanjelo]

Camera jerk is too irritating!!!!!!!!!

[jainitai]

@graphicanjelo

And jerks that complain about the camera are irritating too!!!!!!!!! Go make your own video of Tim in action and stop complaining. I've yet to see anyone else even bother to make an attempt.

[graphicanjelo]

@jainitai : Why are you getting pissed off man? It's a technical fault which I have told you! If you can't take suggestions, or get irritated so often you should take a meditation dude! He is an awesome artist , no doubt about that, I only suggested as a viewer dude! Keep patience!! Chill !

[jainitai]

@graphicanjelo

I wasn't pissed off. It's just annoying when people don't take 2 minutes to read the other comments and I have to answer the same question over and over again. And it's annoying that people complain about the quality, yet no one else is going out and making videos of Tim drawing.

[graphicanjelo]

@jainitai : HI! Why didn't you use tripod to avoid camera jerks? It is obvious if you shoot by holding the camera, the jerk will come every time! hope to see some more videos but on a tripod hahaha, cheers mate! Kep shooting and best wishes!

[ikheugbizi]

tim vigil ,you are the fucking man.

[HiDpak]

Awesome work!

[vollsticks]

Pretty under-rated artist.

[mitrooper]

Inking with real tools is so much more satisfying than working digitally.

[mitrooper]

When it comes down to seeing somebody doing art...I hate frikkin'hate time laps videos.

I rather look at a partly done drawing in real-time, then a complete drawing done in time-laps.

[jainitai]

@mitrooper

Go make your own then.

[painfulgrapeshot]

@mitrooper I totally agree! I like seeing the hand movements slowly as they draw, not super quick time lapse where all we see is ink growing.

[saturnstroll]

good gawd. fire your camera man.

nice conan tho, after the eye strain

[jainitai]

@saturnstroll

Tim didn't hire me to do this. I'm just a fan. This was a spontaneous set up on a crowded convention floor where I was cramped up against a wall and being run into and bumped by people. Deal with it.

[pobbrock]

That's some excellent brush control right there.

[MyananPow]

Dang that's so bad ass.

I've mostly tried inking with nibs, it looks somewhat easier to do it with a brush, what do you think?

Man I'm gunna work hard to be able to make something like that someday.

[vollsticks]

@MyananPow I'd say the one thing a good sable-hair brush has going for it is the variety of marks you can make with it, with nibs you're pretty much just drawing straight lines or should I say in one DIRECTION (obviously not with all nibs--mostly crowquills)...so yeah you never have to swap tools to make teeny-tiny marks and bold swathes but personally I find it more difficult to ink with a SABLE brush than a synthetic...the two behave completely differently. But I'm in a "nib" phase at the mo'!

[deadling13]

WOW great inking. very cool

[67576856666478964567]

By CROM!  This was epic.

[rustystrings]

I've recently started to ink my drawings with brush and this is very inspiring, GREAT WORK!

[015berto]

aw! why is that your camera moving?,,,,,

[jainitai]

@015berto

The same reason it was moving when I responded to this the other 32 times.

[SamvoltS]

@jainitai hahaha funny :)

[Tinak00777]

what typy of tools did u use?

[jainitai]

@Tinak00777

Not a whole lot of "tools" being used here. Just India ink and a sable hair brush (#2 I believe). It might even be a synthetic sable brush. At the end he adds some detail with a Micron Pigma ink pen. That's about it.

[ArtPassword]

@jainitai

Great artist!!!

More top comic artists drawing in our channel

Happy new year 2011!!

[Espada6666]

is that how anime / manga is done too? thats a lot of work..

[jainitai]

@Espada6666

This is how a lot of comic book art is done, i.e. - pencil and then ink and then color. Yes, it is a lot of work. That's why you have to be super passionate about it in order to succeed in the comic book industry, because you have to draw, draw, draw like 20 hours a day. You basically eat, sleep and breathe drawing.

[boogerdeeunit]

@jainitai sounds like heaven :)

[MicrophoneSlayer]

his inking reminds me of Joe Kubert's inking, both really good

[kanjivideo]

D: I wish i can ink with a brush, tim vigil lines are so cool

[Faizaldin]

may i know..what kind of ink is that?

[willpinoy4656]

@Faizaldin i think it's indian ink. It has that really solid black look, so yeah, it might be. I need to get some :[

[29041982]

@willpinoy4656 indian ink..hmmm need to find one

[lord0thief]

i sketch a lot and do some wild lines when i draw...

inking takes so much precision! I truly admire this person!

[wakarlajc23]

@jainitai

what is the brush you use?

[PinkDino]

@wakarlajc23 looking at mine... his may be a Winsor and Newton Series 7 size 2

[KeightRida]

Its called a tripod dammit.

[jainitai]

Here's my previous reply to the "tripod" comments:

I thought we were done with all these "get a tripod" comments. If you had read the other comments here I explained why the camera was shaky. I wouldn't have even had room to set up a tripod. I was leaned up between a wall and TIm's chair with people constantly bumping into me on my right. It was cramped and crowded and this was the best I could do. If you don't like it then make your own gottdam video and stop bitching!

[KeightRida]

Calm down its not that serious, I just wanted to hop on the band wagon for once in my life

[GrazziKun]

Da vontade de gorfar com essa filmagem balançando

[jainitai]

I can't figure out what you're saying. Is this Portuguese? Are you saying something about "balancing" the "filming" of this video? If so, I've already responded to such comments...several times.

[jebidiahtaylor]

How long is the video before time lapse?

[jainitai]

It's around 25 - 30 minutes before being sped up.

[spacemariachi]

Get a tripod.

Jesus.

[jainitai]

I thought we were done with all these "get a tripod" comments. If you had read the other comments here I explained why the camera was shaky. I wouldn't have even had room to set up a tripod. I was leaned up between a wall and TIm's chair with people constantly bumping into me on my right. It was cramped and crowded and this was the best I could do. If you don't like it then make your own gottdam video and stop bitching!

[ki55army]

heh, that's great! and no shit.

[jainitai]

See replies to such comments above...and below.

[Wachusay]

so do you just ink over the pencil of do you make a copy? Cuz wouldn't it mess up the ink mixed with the pencil?

[jainitai]

Sorry. Just now seeing this comment. I didn't draw this. Tim Vigil did. And yes, he just inks over the pencils, as many comic book inkers do. The ink doesn't mix with the pencil. It covers it and seals it underneath. The excess pencil can then be erased, usually with a kneaded eraser, so as not to remove any ink.

[alamahao]

he can draw on earthquake

[BobbyOntharun]

compairing great artists is dumb imo. That aside AWESOME vid thanks!

[TheFith]

2:43 - Taking care of business! XD

Anyways, this is an amazing video. I just might try it!

Thanks!

[Serpo71]

Tim Vigil is a wonderful artist. I met him about 14 years ago at the Dallas Comicon. He did not have a lot to say, but he can rock with that pencil and brush

[angryjoy]

Love the close up shots. I would have ask Tim Vigil to leave the pencil markings be, give the sketch more character :)

[DillirdQThurman]

amazing

[ZombieToaster]

Did you commission him for that picture?

I'd love to have some of his work on my wall :)

[jainitai]

No, I didn't personally commission that piece. It was for someone else that stopped by his table.

You can always get something from him at a show or if you can't make it to a show, just contact him online or via email. Just look above in a previous post for a website address.

[Daikkenaurora]

its always impressive to see someone ink with a brush.

[chazz916]

is tim still in sacramento? i seen him many times back in the day.

[jainitai]

I believe he is. You should catch him at a show.

[GoddaM777]

fuck Jim Lee and all those Image twirps (save for Keown, Larsen and Silvestri)---Vigil IS the Best of the Best. bar none

[jainitai]

True dat. Jim Lee really is overrated. His style looks exactly the same as it did back in 1992. No evolution, no growth. And all of his character's faces and bodily structures look exactly the same. He's a very one-note artist. He's like Wolverine: he's the best there is at what he does. Unfortunately that's about it.

[azuzaj1]

Dude are you serious!? Jim Lee is not overrated. He's a penciler, inker and he use water colors better than some of the best colors. Tim Vigil is good and master inker in an old school type of way but Jim has evolved you idiot he spots way more blacks and he can actually draw.

[jainitai]

I'm not saying that Jim Lee can't draw or paint or make good art, but his art looks like the same as it did 15 years ago. Just because he scribbles some black ink on the page with a dry brush or throws some white-out on the ink doesn't mean he's "evolving". He was doing that back with Deathblow.

Everyone says, "Tim Vigil is old school" or that his style is "from the 80's", but it's just not true. Have you even seen some of his most current work?

[cammycutie13]

So you mean Vigil has evolved? Jim's style like many other comic artist hasnt changed, but dont get that confused with his evolution as an artist. Look at his layouts, his story structure he has evolved as an artist. plus he's fast.

[jainitai]

Yes, Tim Vigil has evolved. Compare the work he was doing in '94 with the work he's doing now in '09 you can literally see HOW he's evolved in terms of composition, anatomy, brushwork, detail, balance, harmony, line work, etc.

If you compare Jim Lee's work from '94 to '09 there's not a whole lot of difference in character poses, anatomy, etc. Everyone looks the same. His architecture and mechanical objects are amazing, but they're what he's been doing for years.

Yeah, at least he's fast. ;^)

[jangmaniso]

OMG.....camera ruined this video.

[jainitai]

Jeezamus, enough with the "poopy camera" comments. I get it already. And I've already explained why it is the way it is. By all means, if you'd like to film and upload your own video of Tim Vigil inking then go right ahead. Otherwise, stop complaining, ya cry babies!

[Kagereneko]

KEEP THE DAMN CAMERA STILL!! This is awesome anyway!!

[jainitai]

I addressed this in another comment:

Yeah, well, you have to keep in mind I was standing amidst a crazy, hectic crowd of people. I didn't have the space to set up a tripod, so obviously there was going to be some "shakiness". Add to that the speeding up of the film and it becomes even more noticable. Hopefully in the near future we can set up a more professional video, but until then this'll have to do.

[Kagereneko]

Yeah, I'm sorry man... I hadn't read your rwply when I wrote the first post...

ANyway thanks for upload this!!

[ecp2014]

What a natural!

[Pantholder0]

Can you please tell me where you can buy those?

[jainitai]

I keep trying to reply to this, but it won't let me.

[jainitai]

Every time I try to put a link in this reply it won't post. Weird. You can get original Tim Vigil art from him directly at a comic book convention. Also you can sometimes find stuff on Ebay. There's also a website, but I can't link to it, where you can request commissions. Send me a message and I'll give you the link.

[jainitai]

h t t p : // timvigilart . com / main . html

[jainitai]

Yeah, that's the address up there in the previous post. But I had to break it all up, so it's not really a link, but I'm sure you can figure out how to type it into the address bar. ;^)

[anvilofcrom]

This is the artist from the Faust comics, isin't it?

[jainitai]

Yep.

[TrueDavebucket]

Damn I wish I had learned to ink. They dont teach yhat in art schoo. SO I sadly became a sculptor :(

[ZombieToaster]

Nothing wrong with doing sculptures... Personaly cant stand making them. But they are nice to look at and thats what art is all about... Dont deny it!

[dontlistentomeimmute]

@TrueDavebucket wow really? after the amount u pay to them ? lol

[csgeorgemanhl]

@TrueDavebucket i can vouch for this.

[jainitai]

I'm not even sure what the intention of this comment is. Why are you brining Conan's sexuality into question? :^P

And you mean that Tim should use Photoshop to ink? Why? He seems to do just fine the way he's doing things now. And keep in mind: this is a CONVENTION SKETCH done in 25 minutes, not a labor of love with hours and days spent on it. So yeah.

[miatageekscott]

jainitai, I agree with you

[carnagerpm]

yep...normal comment from some one who don't know jack shit about art.

[rrronnie333]

what # brush is he using? and do you also leave crow-quill pens for last after the brush?

[jainitai]

I'm not sure what number it is. Looks like a 2, though. And I don't remember him using a "crow-quill pen". I think he used a black micron (pigma) pen for the small details at the end. And I don't know if he always uses that at the end; probably just uses it when he feels like it.

[rapsuckscock]

This is what I needed to see to make me smash my pencils and give up drawing!

Tim RULES!

-LWF

[loveupskirts]

all with a brush, this guy is good. but my favourite inker has to be tim bradstreet, as no one does shadows and atmosphere like him imo.

[rrrrw999]

In my opinion, Tim is one of the best artist living today. Loved his stuff for about 15 years now. Glad this video was on youtube.

[STANKanimations]

I like the use of shading and detail he has ... I draw very little, but eventually I wish to be as great as Tim.

[LipstickDoll]

you know you are very good

and this is amazing :) great job :)

[dinasaur1]

steady hand with a brush not so crash hot with a camera... geta to see people still working with brush and inks. Hey how about using nibs and no pencil . Just nibs... no erasure and no pencil

[BlaineSmuggington]

The master at work!  Amazing. Thank you for posting. :)

[Monsterinabox]

Tim Vigil Rocks! Act like you know.

[tw34uk]

Are just happened to catch the video a few drawing the cartoon I am an ex portrait artist and it was going to see an original cartoon artist in excellent one at that, keep up the great work as I can clearly see you are a professional and extremely skilled, I will drop in again sometime to review your work, all the best until then

[jainitai]

Yeah, well, you have to keep in mind I was standing amidst a crazy, hectic crowd of people. I didn't have the space to set up a tripod, so obviously there was going to be some "shakiness". Add to that the speeding up of the film and it becomes even more noticable. Hopefully in the near future we can set up a more professional video, but until then this'll have to do.

[TextFish]

:O Shakey-cam for added realism!

[alex1raymond]

so, so; needs alot of improvement; but OK for amateur

[SkeleTony69]

Moron. That is Tim Vigil dumbass! He has been drawing comics for longer than you have been reading them.

[jainitai]

You're saying Tim Vigil is "amatuer"?? Have you seen his most recent work? Have you ever seen any of his work from his personal portfolio? Until you do, you can't really pass judgement on his skills based on a 25-minute convention sketch.

[zephyrical]

Yet another moron who thinks he knows best.