Artninja: Drawing Smoke - with ink

[Supermokspeed]

Cool beans i quess im not the only african american artist out there

[masterkudjo]

What was the spandau ballet remix in the background?

[tobi1480]

Now, I can see that you are using a brush to do your smoke. They make a type of pen, called an brush-pen, that is like a pen, but has the fat tip of a marker, but it's soft and malleable, like a brush. Is it possible to use that in the same manner here?

[emaicee]

@tobi1480 I know the brush you mean. The main reason I'm dipping with a brush old school is that it runs out of ink and I can get unpredictable dry-brush effects from it. That's where the fun is for me, in not knowing exactly what the finished art will look like.

[Rantman15]

great skills cos inking isn't easy. not sure about the "music" though:)

[JrockLoverYuu]

i was wondering if you might be able to help me with the kind of paper i will need. i need something that is to work with and wont bleed when i use ink on it.

Appreciate your help!

Yumiko

[emaicee]

@JrockLoverYuu, I use bristol board, with a vellum surface. 15 bucks or so for 20 sheets. that and good india ink: Koh-i-noor rapidograph ink or doc martins black star works well for me. experiment! you can also find good paper at an office supply store :)

[JrockLoverYuu]

@emaicee thank you! one more thing(sorry...im such a noob cake!) how do you make ink diffrent shades? by adding water of by adding diffrent amounts of ink?

[emaicee]

@JrockLoverYuu: Here is a better answer: there is no wrong way. only a more effective way to what you want to accomplish. do whatever works for you. The main thing is to make sure you can scan/photograph it so it can be printed. That's the only criteria. Have fun and make mistakes. There are no magic bullets or brushes.

[JrockLoverYuu]

@emaicee i knew you would say that eventually ha ha...thanks anyways!

[WayneTully1]

Awesome work and very stylized...nice brush work on the inking too and I like the way you drag that brush at times in a random but organized way too...some dry brushing going on there too,awesome comic strip too.

[emaicee]

@WayneTully1

Thanks for the comments!

[emaicee]

@WayneTully1

Thanks for your kind words!

[Miganishi]

Thanks for uploading this! I was havin' serious trouble with drawing smoke, but now that I've seen the right technique, it will be a whole lot easier, thanks!

[emaicee]

@Miganishi Thanks for your comments!

[balininja]

Is that Shai Linne playing?

[emaicee]

If by Shai Linne you mean Papoose, then yes. ^_^

[aenge9884]

Nice video wow

[raffyley03]

the second one isnt as solid as the first one, but still dude, amazing=you :) haha

[Loginasdfg]

very educational, will be watching you bro. great job.

[tim10o0o0]

pressure not to mess up the drawings

[emaicee]

indeed. holding the camera and brush is not fun. that's why I only filmed me inking something organic like smoke. all the mistakes are black!

^_^

[pwnreza]

nice work !

but could you do a tut??

: /

[emaicee]

I'm open...Let me know what you had in mind?

[pwnreza]

I would be interested in any kind of tut : D

Actually I like to see some tut about drawing "natural" stuff like fire, smoke ..

Stones !

I have many probs. in drawing stones ... not like little stones... more in drawing Big cliffs or rocks ...

thank you

but like I said I would appreciated any kind of tut...

[miatageekscott]

What brush are you using?

[emaicee]

a schraff sable, series 3000 #1

[ztv1997]

Looks nice. Good job.