Inktober: Mitchell Guitar and hating on Fude Pens

Fude nibs versus flex nibs?

I tried another quicky sketch…
Not thinking about inktober but that works too!
It isn’t the bad proportions that I hate
about this sketch (I mean, I might
have done better), it is that I can’t seem
to get the hang of the fude.

I love the Duke Fude compared to the Hero…
it is simply juicier. While I can get the Hero to work now, it still isn’t as juicy as the Duke and needs frequent priming.

Right, me simply playing with lines.
The top two are the fudes, and the bottom
is one of my FPR flex nibs.
In my hands, the flex nib wins for
the ability to change line weights.

But I’ve not given up YET.

Fudes, top, versus
my favorite FPR Himalayan.

I am working in the Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook for the rest of the week…
Testing for Hahnemühle means I am likely to finish the challenge.
I am not commenting about the paper until Sunday…

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Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook,
Duke Fude (Bent) Nib with Robert Oster Thunderstorm ink,
Hero Fude (Bent) Nib with Birmingham Allegheny Arsenal Gunpowder Black ink,
FPR Himalayan with Birmingham Tarnished Nickel ink.

W16 7 21 USK PSU BERRY FESTIVAL 02 SQ

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4 Responses to Inktober: Mitchell Guitar and hating on Fude Pens

Dan Antion says:

October 14, 2019 at 10:56 am

I love the last two. The details and the composition.

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- dkatiepowellart says:
  
  October 15, 2019 at 6:11 pm
  
  Better than that baaaaad image of M!
  
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  - Dan Antion says:
    
    October 15, 2019 at 8:48 pm
    
    Actually, your the only one who knows it’s a bad likeness. We might have guessed he was having a bad hair day or something.
    
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    - dkatiepowellart says:
      
      November 4, 2019 at 11:54 pm
      
      Hahahaaaa
      You know now he had a huge braid — he’s let his hair grow.
      He was always annoyed with the hair cuts he was getting and I was tried of hearing it — seriously, I don’t know about barbers in Portland.
      So he stopped cutting it. Now I braid his hair every morning. I am jealous — he has a great head of hair.
      
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