Some closeup shots:

Yeah, it’s stippling. I spent a lot of time putting little dots on this piece of paper.

I don’t generally use a straightedge when drawing — I usually just freehand everything. If you look closely you’ll see a bit of wobble on the lines.

I’ll use one every now and then for some things, mainly just for borders and some guide lines.

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The linework I did with a brush. The stippling I did with a fountain pen + felt-tip brush pen.

I guess technically this would fall under the “stippling” umbrella. “Pointillism” generally means using full color for the dots, usually with paint.

But I’m not really the pedantic type, so whatever. I usually say stippling.

With this alcohol-based paint it was just the easiest way to get the fine lines I wanted.

The paint would clog up a fountain pen / technical pen pretty much immediately, and refillable felt-tip pens (like for paint pens) would be thicker than I wanted.

Been enjoying this series!

Thanks!

This one was just doodling with a fountain pen in my sketchbook (the pages have that nice 1mm orange grid). I generally just dive straight in with pen, getting all of the linework in there first, then slowly thicken up lines, add shadows, stippling, etc.

No planning for this one. It's actually pretty rare I plan anything out. Maybe something basic like "mostly straight + angular lines" or "just stippling".

No, I think this one is done.

That’s actually one of the harder things for me – knowing when it’s done. I rarely ever have a plan and just improvise, so it’s tough to tell when to stop. I’ve definitely overworked a bunch of these 😅

That’s super cool! I’ll try and check it out if I’m ever in the area.

Thanks!

I think one factor is I generally don’t use a ruler/straightedge — just freehand it. So every line has varying degrees of imperfection.

This always comes up when people look at my stuff. Love it! I definitely watched quite a lot of that screensaver.

I’m also a Migadu user. Nothing but good experiences with them. Simple, solid, and straightforward.

I did this one with inks. Brush for the colors, dip pen (and a bit of brush) for the black.

Nice! Really like this 🤘

I wish 😁

But I’ve definitely watched quite a bit of his videos

Do it!

There's two more 😁

I did do a second one while I was there. I’ll post it soon.