Frank Cho Drawing Demo - Drawing with a Ballpoint Pen

A quick drawing demo with a ballpoint pen. (BIC ballpoint pen, Strathmore Bristol board with vellum surface.)
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[@andresreydecastro]

I think we would love to see you build one of these from the ground up, starting from the basic pencil construction, however many videos it takes.

[@ravenclawtom]

andres rey second this idea

[@Mr.Jedediah]

Third this

[@radar536]

@@Mr.Jedediah so do I.

[@Jericko427]

Yeesss

[@dannycruz5446]

He did an exclusive video for kickstarter backers where he shows his starting process..light,simple pencil underdrawing which he erases before going to ballpoint pen.

[@soulreaver2727]

I love how you say it's a simple layering process. You make it look way to easy Frank. Your a awesome artist.

[@ToasterLover69]

By the omnissiah, Frank Cho has a KZbin Channel o.O? *Instant subscribed.

[@greddytalon]

I love your take on the female form Frank, amazing work!

[@ttad1987]

Also “Always remember to clean your tip” 😂

[@MightyJonE]

A meme to outdo even Bob Ross’s best! 😃

[@drewali7]

yeah, having a pen leave a drop of ink somewhere that it doesn't belong is irritating.

[@robert4724]

Who says comic book artist are not real artists? Brilliant work Mr Cho!

[@Martin_TheCollector]

Glad to have found this channel. You are a very groovy artist, Mr Cho!

[@mattheworeilly8813]

That was so cool! Amazing to get some insight into your technique. Thank you

[@MegaJdavis15]

Finally! you have a channel I have been looking forever on KZbin searching for videos of your work. This is my Christmas.😂😂😂😂

[@monstern12]

THANK YOU, for show your process Frank!!!

[@bozoclown2098]

I went to a ball point art show and walked away with numerous ideas. One was most surprising.

[@origabiyt1500]

The most underrated tool for drawing!...but... ...producing the most beautiful result in the hand of an Artist! Love the art you make! Hope you'll keep the channel going with more in depth tutorials. Subscribed on the spot!🖊, with a ballpen 😉!

[@antona.1327]

Frank Cho: The King of Drawing Thick Women

[@braylonrandle1731]

Anton A. Fo’ sho’ 👌🏾

[@johnvonmartin7501]

I do love your style Mr Cho its an epitome of basics and fundamentals

[@pile333]

The italian publication of your amazing Liberty Meadows is a sort of relic for me. You're an amazing artist.

[@kookoonam]

thank you Mr.Cho ive been enjoying your cover run on harley quinn and cant wait to pick up your ballpoint beauties. your a inspiration to all artist young and old! keep it up!

[@bharatendusingh849]

Legendary cross hatching skills

[@alfredschlicht2662]

Omg my hero Frank Cho! Never knew you had a channel. Instasub.

[@FREAKCASTLE]

Thank you for Sharing your process

[@someone-mh1bo]

OHHHHH MY GOOOOOD . IT'S ACTUALLY YOU OMG OMG OMG . BIG FAN I HAVE 3 OF UR BOOKS,please put a link for ur KZbin channel in ur books next time.

[@alphinart]

Looks very fun, and beautiful, I think I’m going to give it a go! 🖊

[@narzq]

watching this has given me a little more direction with cross hatching. something i picked up, some artists use a variety of pens on one rendering. for me i seem to prefer the bic being used here, and also zebra f series pens. on the zebra, it can be useful for easily producing the lighter tones as it is designed for Japanese writing and produces thinner lines. it can be frustrating though if you want bold dark tones as you'll have to bare down harder. currently I've been sticking to bic for whole rendering but it tends to need more frequent cleaning as it globs a tad more.

[@stefanosiciliano4270]

Love the videos so far. Can't wait to get the ballpoint beauties book!

[@cuttothechasenews]

Woooooo!! So glad you're finally here on KZbin!

[@guilhermeconsumidor6709]

Frank cho sigma🗿🍷

[@rickcroucher]

Great! You have your own channel!

[@naterhodes6211]

Thanks for the vid helped me understand more of what you do to get those killer gradients in black and white

[@Donger3k]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing!

[@menisc2797]

This is amazing, thank you for sharing

[@MrPrositt]

Awesome ! Thank you for sharing

[@waveart6058]

Excellent work. Bravo!

[@noeldiaz5467]

Always loved your girls. Now you crosshatching em. *What a time to be alive*

[@fenriswolf9017]

Its just not fair............. Glad to have met you a few years ago at megacon I just wish some of your magic had rubbed off on me :)

[@dropkickmonk3y]

Loved your work. Read a lot of your comics in Sweden.

[@SC-yj7fc]

Brilliant. Share even longer ones.

[@pbdotman]

Frank, I love your work! Are you creating these images with a live model or reference that you've shot?

[@bozoclown2098]

Yoo great a silly look

[@madwolfdrawing]

I love tour art 😍 my master

[@TheFamousECCLES65]

have not heard Hooked on Classics in a hundred years. nice vid, thanks for posting.

[@michaeldougherty6036]

Heard it in the background and my mind just froze for a moment. As a kid I wore that tape out, but it's been like 30 years since I last listened to it. Blows my mind to know Frank Cho listens to the same band-geek stuff I did.

[@hansclaw]

thank you Mr Cho!

[@RatBastardDan]

Would be very interested to hear in a future video how you minimize the ballpoint globs and get by with cleaning the tip so infrequently.

[@ilovetoons4856]

I will give it a try with a ballpoint pen.

[@ttad1987]

Amazing

[@zingerstronger9]

Dope dope dope.

[@fullarte712]

wonderful

[@MightyJonE]

Between you, Mark Crilley, Jim Lee, Todd Nauck and Richard Friend, there’s some exceptional pro comicbook artist KZbin channels nowadays. I’d mention EVS but he does more ranting about Star Wars or Cap Marvel nowadays rather than actually drawing online! 😃

[@knowledgeking6730]

Master

I always thought that only the red (drapery, hair) was with ball point and the body was pencil?! :O edit: love the classical music in the background \m/

[@kevinnoel9024]

Frank, this has been a question that plagues me. Can ballpoint pen artwork be done on acid-free archive paper and varnished should an artist want to sell this kind of artwork?

[@takkun169]

Oh wow, the KZbin compression does a weird thing when you're making the lines. It's sort of hypnotic.

[@Jericko427]

Bro just tell them you're a comic vet who wants to produce educational vids. They'll give you all the time you need. Jim Lee streams for 5 hours.

[@sparadoxon]

Thank you Frank! I had a problem, I ended up with "hairy" legs in my drawing, any suggestion on how to correct this? I have even thought of masking up the drawing... You are the best!

[@newbbietrader9918]

that means that your crosshatching lines aren't straight enough they must aligned im a way one to the other and also son of them can end up shorter than the others

[@pliantimpala7858]

I cover my tests with cross hatched drawings, mainly Ghost Rider. If I were to draw the girls I normally draw, man I would be in so much trouble haha.

[@ford87isaac]

Hope you get inspiration from my multi realistic stamp art and hello from JAPAN!!!

[@verminvibesart]

Finally you!

[@priestsonsofwar]

What you suggest in learning the anatomy? I've tried to sit and learn the anatomy and I get bored with it really fast and end up walking away from the learning process of it, even when I know how much help it's going to give me in the long run.

[@jakobstaermose]

Have you tried a Caran d'ache 825? I find that i doesn't build up dirt on the tip, to the same degree as other pens.

[@wcwindom56]

Do you use any refernces when you are doing this? Or any of your comic babes and guys?

[@allluckyseven]

Frank, I think you should have the option to upload longer videos. I mean, if *_I,_* random internet person with hardly any video in his channel had, you should have as well...

[@Omarcomics911]

Are u self taught artist or well formed

[@portland-182]

Get to post longer clips - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4q8mYWGr6l2rcU

[@Jordan-tu4ki]

Frank cho learned this technique from an epson printer

[@BreinGames]

Remember to always clean the tip. Lol that’s what she said.

[@pablosantander5739]

mr Cho drawing cuchis

[@andresgarciasuarez570]

I think that you should teach in parts more hard for example the face.

[@kuldas9299]

Standard Bic Crystal pens bleed less.

[@bozoclown2098]

Why ink. Why ball point. Why a single manner

[@RandySiplon]

Frank makes this look easy. It's really not. I tried this technique and it turned out a mess lol

[@bozoclown2098]

Why androgynous looking figure(s) ?

[@pheonixleaf9810]

Is there a reason why you only draw white women? I’ve scoured through your work and not one of your pieces depict women of color. Why is that? I mean not even Spanish women. Nor Asian or Black Women.