I just bought a dip pen not too long ago and was wondering how do I create different values. This guide was very helpful!

Very nice breakdown of the inking technique and how to alter it for the desired effect.

Thank you for the information. Easy to follow.

could you do how to do trees?

Thank you for sharing, Chloe. I especially like the rendering of the stone pile [ 09:18 ]. I was surprised how much it makes a difference to put in black as the deepest shadow. It reminds me kindly to be bold. 😉

I so love your videos on pen and ink. Nice clear and concise presentation of fundamental information, plus you keep hitting my specific areas of interest. Clouds, beach stones, (I have a large collection😊), birds. Thank you!

Okay funny thing happened, todays architecture drawing class was an intro to shading, and I kept telling my friend about this video and staying one step ahead of the presentation lol fun timing

I love your videos!! I would watch this same video if it were 4 to 5 times longer with a lot more video of your inking the practice studies. I know it’s a lot of work to make these videos but they are also the best I’ve ever seen and leave me wanting more.

Thanks for these I've always wanted to learn this stuff! :)

Wouldn't there light becoming from different directions. Its possible there is light behind him?

Useful and well explainned.Already looking forward to watching the next one! What is it with ink on paper?! Why is it so whimsical??

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Thank you, Great video, i'll practice your techniques. How would you draw water and waves? It seems difficult

It's so much more time consuming but stippling is still my preferred method, but I kind of like that it takes me a long time to do a drawing, it's my meditation. I put some music on and before I know it a couple of hours have passed. It generally takes me a week or two to finish a drawing, but that's ok because I'm not making a living from it.

Video came just when I needed it. Thank you for putting this out in the world!

The first step to draw like Mark Silvestri is to be Mark Silvestri.

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Im saving this to reference later - thanks!

Hi Chloe! Just an OCD observation... when you start a line with a technical pen (like at 6:30) the first contact point is always thicker and darker, then thins out as you move the pen. With the light source from above, do you see any value (pun intended) of making the stroke up instead of down? I think that would make the thick-to-thin characteristic of the line match the light source better. Just wondering.

Great video as always! Any plans on a tutorial on wings? If you haven't already

Thanks for the video Chloe. Educational as always :) Would it be possible for you to do a video on rendering water, please?

Just thought of this but fun fact: if you want to draw with the sun as a light source, the lines of light are parallel

Wrightson was the best. I love the interrupting lines in this piece here and there in this one. Wrightson's line work has so much movement in it... the omission of outlines is so cool. I was comparing him to Inoue's vagabond art, and trying to imagine a hybrid between those styles. The sheer volume of illustrations in vagabond would seem to necessitate screentone shortcuts, and I do love how the screentone looks in vagabond, but imagine an army of Wrightson clones drawing manga with engraving style backgrounds...haha, one can dream!

Looking forward to the next phase of this! I've done similar exercises to this. I learn toward an engraving style, but I am trying to figure out how to combine that style with color work ultimately. That's the puzzly I am chasing...This week, I've had the pleasure of reviewing some of your recent videos while being able to look at some of your actual physical drawings! Cool how all those cloud styles from the recent video are represented in your inktober work, which I could really not be more delighted to have!

You're the best!!!

great video, thank you

Thanks, Chloe. It's always a joy when you pop up in my feed as I know I am going to learn something worth learning

Have been trying to gather some courage to go back into working with ink pens. I have a sketch I've been willing to render and it's been a month I've been putting it aside hahaha. This kind of assignment will help me build confidence to tackle that.

Nicely rendered! Your patience is inspiring😅

Dumb question, but do you do all three stages of practice in one sitting?

The um cannon arm is on the rong side

What’s the book you’re looking through in this video? Lovely big full page illustrations

No not as easy!

O my gosh. No not yet!

Yes sometimes i just don't want to. And getting worse is fine too.

Hi Cloe how many years have you been doing this artwork? I love your channel ❤️

this is not Bernies style and technique. Bernie used much denser hatching and I think he didn't combine thick and thin lines in the same direction, but went back and added additional shading to the already finished lines.

Love your video! Thank you so much for sharing it and hope you will continue to share more in the future.

Personally I prefer the style that he had when he was drawing the last chapters of Slam Dunk and the first chapters of Vagabond (probably until the 150th), it was so detailed that I don't have words to describe it, later when he started to adapt this "fluid" style, I don't know but, from point of view, it lacks the light and the strenght that before it had

Thanks for the channel. Your insights on inking have been incredibly helpful. I learn something new and unexpected with every video.

Why did they draw like this ? With all these lines why not just do normal shading ?

Thank you for demonstrating 3 progressive levels! I always get stuck on level 1.

Keep it up I was searching for this ❤

Brilliant breakdown and insightful analysis - thank you for this!!

I purchased his Frankenstein book 3 decades ago. His work is so utterly remarkable, never imagined such images were possible with ink. As an artist can very seldom view the book, the level of what he was capable of is just too humbling.

Good afternoon this came out really good , my suggestion for next comic book artist if you plan to breakdown and show could it be Whilce Portacio or Jeffery Scott Campbell

This is super helpful!! Thank you

Thank you for this video. Just bought my first set

Mignola tries to communicate his story in as few lines as possible. In american tradition, that seems to be the end goal of most great american cartoonists (see Jack Kirby, Frank Miller, Etc).