Viking Crusader_Ink on paper

Viking Crusader_Ink on paper

Same as the other Viking Crusader pic I have, but this one without Photoshop enhancements.
This makes it possible for me to post in a group with strict rules on posting inked work on paper.
This picture was first sketched on standard printing paper straight out of the tray, then first I inked it on a standard issue drawing pad (Panduro hobby A4 Sketch Pad), but both my inking and the paper was useless, off I went again to the store to scout.
You see I live way out in the wilderness so to say, on a tiny island named Stord up on the Norwegian west coast. The art supply avilable around these parts are scarce to put it mildly. So it is a question of making due with what you can lay your hands on.
There used to be a well stocked print shop down the road, but it went bust last year, so I am left with a new art supply store and a book store with office appliances as a sideline.
OK I have managed to come up with a very good solution for ink pens and markers sold at the book store. I stick with the new series from Edding. They have a pen for every purpose, and they are very dynamic, thus provides a huge span in line thickness within each pen/marker. And they come with a great super black ink. No shininess or any disturbing pen marks in the black areas. And it has the same colour as most printer ink. They are totally opaque and fantastic for producing original drawings for sale. I will make an article about this on my blog in near future.
But back to the paper, like I said I wanted to ink it over again on better paper.
I went to the art supply store and bought a small stack of paper especially for inking it said.
It was from panduro as well and came in an expensive stack of ten sheets A4 Ink Paper it said…..fu… useless the wrapper contained no information on what this was or even if it was acid free. The ink bled worse than on the cheap crap….so I gave the rest to the kindergarten next door and went back to scouting…..I bought another pad this time (lot cheaper).
It’s a French product from Canson (A4 18 1/2” X 11 3/4”) it was 70 gram pr square centimetres. It carried 100 sheets of bleed free XL Marker paper.
This turned out to be a lot better, even though not quit what I am looking for. But as my mom always used to say…you can’t be fuzzy when you’re camping :) so this is what I am stuck with at the moment, but in a week or so I am off to Bergen city to look at a studio for recording my next album. Then I’ll stock up on real shit from the comic art supply shop they have there….

The process is simple. I sketch on basically any old shit floating about…and sometimes I buy sketch pads. I us a standard technical pen for easy lead feed.
The sketch get scanned in to Photoshop, where I clean it up if needed. And sometimes I use Photoshops excellent tool set for small corrections and little changes in composition….
Thereafter I print the result out on a piece of paper better suited for inking. This also gives me the chance to start over if something goes haywire (like your cat walks over the wet inking, or your partner in life decides to surprise you from behind just as you lay the final touch….and so on)....
Well I guess that’s it for now folks :)

POS
2009

Viking Crusader_Ink on paper belongs to the following groups:

!* Dark Cabaret *!, Complex Simplicity of Art, Character Development, The Patchwork and Works On Paper Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters