Ball Point Pen Sketch

[Ratt]

I took one of my professor's Busts and cyber-ized it in this quick sketch. Ball Point Pen sucks as a medium, but I didn't have my 8b on me that day.

[Moosetroop11]

Pretty cool. I like it.

[Cosmos]

I like it too. I demand more. << please.. >>

[Blue_Strife]

Pretty nice man.

-concurs with Tiffany- >>

[Desimodontidae]

Ehh.

How bout something with detail?

[DarkFlood2]

It looks good. Especially when it is hard to shade with a pen.

[SaiKar]

It's lil creepy.

And pens DO suck for shading.

[Ratt]

Originally posted by Desimodontidae
Ehh.

How bout something with detail?

I'll see what I can do.

[carmen]

It's a cool one. And pens are great for shading, just not blending.

Try stippling ^_-

very fun.

[ZeroKirbyX]

Holy hells. Carmen?

[Meiscool-2]

Pens work well for shading, but you need a lot of different kinds of pens to do a good job.

[MrMister]

good uh.. good.. thingy.. drawing.. I mean it is ****.. actin.. aloof..

[carmen]

Well the thing is, you don't use a pen like you do a pencil. Just like you wouldn't use a charcol stick like you would a brush. Different tools require different techniques. They all have their own appeal.

[Meiscool-2]

Well, if you consider bleeding the ink of a pen into a picture as shading an not blending, then be my guest.

Usually, I've noticed, that no matter how lightly you press a NORMAL pen down, it comes out the same shade, just a different width of line. However, it you press it down real hard, then it is slightly darker, but it sometimes leaves indents in my paper

The only other true method I know of for shading with normal pens is drawing a second set of lines over previously created lines, which is tedious.

So, this is another example of "You have to have the right equiptment to do a good job". That's true with most things though. Pens do make good shading tools, but others are more wieldly and less expensive.

[ZeroKirbyX]

What kind of pens do you use? With a simple Bic I can easily get the shades and tones, and I suck with pens.