The Feeling of What You Use
Back in the studio after a break for the holidays. I wanted to play around with charcoal, and thought it could be interesting to see the various drawing impliments and how they evoke different feelings in the drawing for the viewer, and in the user.
My prefered tool is the crowquill pen or brush and ink, probably because of its fluidity and expressiveness.
I thought I solved the echo problem, but it sounds like it is still a little bit there. I’ll keep troubleshooting, apologies!
A funny story about “Hunt”. As a former art student, I grew up using pen and ink, and was familiar with all the various speedball nibs as well as the Hunt Crow Quill. Also lots of india ink. So when I thought of “Hunt” I thought of pens.
In any case one day (this was a while ago now) I saw a tractor trailer with the name Hunt on it. Actually JB Hunt. All I could imagine was an entire trailer filled with cards full of pen nibs. I thought, how the hell could Hunt need their own truck to ship pens. I mean how many pawn nibs are sold in this say and age.
Of course eventually I found out that JB Hunt was a major trucking company.. Disappointing.
When I first started doing cartoons, I was immediately drawn to Robert Weber’s work. I wrote him a goofy fan note and he took time to write a long sweet note back. Still the best ever. (No offense).