Pen illustration

I've always appreciated a well organized shop. As a kid I used to love to see all my Dad's tools organized on his work bench. Now as I've started to get my own tools organized I'm finding that I still like to look at everything laid out. Because I don't have the space in my life for a tool wall right now I was inspired to draw this illustration of tools. --- This is a reproduction of an original doodle by Ms. Jodi Lynn. This image is part of the "things" series. The original was done…

Give your illustrations an old etched or engraved appearance with my new collection of 30 brushes for Adobe Illustrator. These brushes feature a variety of hand-drawn line patterns in horizontal, vertical, diagonal and cross-hatched orientations that can be used to apply shading to your digital drawings. After being scanned from hand-made pen strokes, they were […]

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Franklin Booth (1874-1948) American artist of detailed pen-and-ink illustrations with the appearance of wood engravings. He created this style when he was young, self-teaching from illustrated magazine art, not realizing they were engravings. Pen and Ink 1906_08_Everybody Mag ___ Franklin Booth additional information and images: Excellent bio with images: www.bpib.com/booth.htm The Franklin Booth Project: outsidelogic.com/franklinbooth/ Franklin Book | Comic Book Stories…

Adobe Illustrator is a fantastic vector creation tool and you can create a lot of things without ever using the Pen Tool. However, if you want to use Illustrator at its full potential, I personally believe that you need to master and become proficient in working with the aforementioned Pen tool. The inner workings of it aren't easily explained in text form so that's why I resorted to Pen Tool exercises. Remember that it is a tool that needs patience, and a lot of practice until you really…

Have you ever heard the expression “this piece reads well”? It means that the artwork is effective in communicating the intended illusion. When using pen and ink to render an illustration, marks and lines are used to explain a story, a message, a scene, an emotion, or a moment in time. To achieve this, the artist usually has a good grasp of the art fundamentals and how these principles apply to pen and ink. How to practice this? In this Longstride Illustration article, you'll find tips to…

Franklin Booth (1874-1948) American artist of detailed pen-and-ink illustrations with the appearance of wood engravings. He created this style when he was young, self-teaching from illustrated magazine art, not realizing they were engravings. Pen and Ink 1909_05_Scribner's magazine ___ Franklin Booth additional information and images: Excellent bio with images: www.bpib.com/booth.htm The Franklin Booth Project: outsidelogic.com/franklinbooth/ Franklin Book | Comic Book Stories…

Line is a mark connecting two points; you can consider a line as a moving point. Types of line ACTUAL LINE—The line IMPLIED LINE—An automatically connected series of unconnected points. PSYCHIC LINE—The placement of the objects causes the viewer to look in a certain direction. Categories to describe lines TYPES OF LINE—the way it moves from beginning to end (straight, curves, angular) LINE DIRECTION—relationship with the page (horizontal, vertical, diagonals) LINE QUALITY—how the line is…