A Few Ghosts....

[Oldtimer]

That's a delicate work of art. Thanks for the tips specially about diluting the inks. i do have most of the things including brushes, but I had not thought of using diluted inks. You most work as an illustrator and if not, you should. You are very generous, it is so uplifting to find good people willing to share in a forum.

[TheRealScubaSteve]

I thought he did it for a living, too, but it's not so.

[napalm]

More Magritte, he definitely liked teal :

 

 

 

 

[stevesurf]

This is great Thanks! I think I see a melted pizza watch in the lower left, No?

 

 

 

'Arr matey, walk the plank!

 

 

 

Matisse. This should count for five ghosts

 

 

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/Zee_Work_Of_Zee_Others/Avatar/slides/aakwbd.jpg

 

 

I think I'm going print these out for Halloween; great work people.

 

Ms Amberlea, this one's for you

 

http://s3.favim.com/orig/45/dead-funny-ghost-pacman-sketch-Favim.com-402051.jpg

Edited October 13, 2014 by stevesurf

[Oldtimer]

Napalm, your tips made a great difference. not a work of art, but better. I had almost all the tools and was

 

Watercolour pencils work equally well. Some tips to get you started quickly with postcards for the family:

 

- Draw the outlines with a HB graphite pencil; be light handed and use an eraser to correct until you get them right

- Draw over the pencil lines with a waterproof fine liner; for this size (postcard) a Sakura Pigma Micron 02 or 03 will work great (or your favorite brand in a 0.2-.3mm width)

- Erase the pencil marks that were left; a black eraser work best (such as a Staedtler black Rasoplast); the white polymer ones may smudge

- Now you're ready to color it - be light on color, you need just to suggest it, don't go overboard with dark heavy applications

 

Have fun!

 

 

 

P.S. You can use an (E)F nib FP with Platinum Carbon Black ink instead of the fine liner; and diluted FP inks instead of watercolors. You'll need a brush though, there's no way around it

 

 

 

 

Napalm, Your tips made a great difference. I had almost all the tools and was not using them. i am not very careful on my sketches and my pulse is not so steady, but i see a difference by following some of your tips. Thanks! Watercolor pencils still don't cut it but that's what i have for now.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/anangeli/DRAWINGS/AstronautSampGoblingscopy_A_zpsffddc41d.jpg

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Oldtimer, you have a much more consistent color gradient than some of mine.

[amberleadavis]

Steve, you crack me up!

 

Everyone else, great work! PM me for my address to send the ghosts and I'll send you back paper!

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Steve, you crack me up!

 

 

All of this pressure is going to make me crack.

 

[amberleadavis]

LM pumpkin AO

[Kuscer]

napalm, those are wonderful ghosts!

[Oldtimer]

 

All of this pressure is going to make me crack.

 

 

I wish there was a place to do "LKES" for these!!! OMG There is a lot of creativity here.

[stevesurf]

 

All of this pressure is going to make me crack.

 

 

This is most egg-citing!

 

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Remember this one?

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SSxML1JHz0k/movieposter.jpg

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Here's my latest masterpiece titled "Holy Color Bleed." I'm going to mail them Wednesday. Ignore my mention of including SuSeMai ink sheets. I've decided to keep them temporarily due to a new discovery.

 

Edited October 15, 2014 by TheRealScubaSteve

[napalm]

[napalm]

Yabadabadoo!!!

 

[zchen]

A few more ghosts (sorry folks, no FP inks, Saturday is Brush Day ):

 

 

OMG, is there a 1920x1200 wallpaper size of this?

 

thanks

[stevesurf]

Remember this one?

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SSxML1JHz0k/movieposter.jpg

 

They were the best

 

http://youtu.be/MXkFgmQ2O-Q

 

Who ya gonna call?

 

[vossad01]

 

Wow I just now realized as I saw it cropped in Amber's avatar that the moon is Pac-Man. I did see this picture when you originally posted it,

 

I am very impressed by all the artwork that has been posted to this thread.

 

EDIT: corrected typo

Edited October 17, 2014 by vossad01

[TheRealScubaSteve]

Thanks, this is Pac Man inspired from a sketch I saw done of a cartoon movie. I've never seen it and already forget - something Christmas I think. The pumpkins were originally carved as ghosts, too, but the color bleed ruined them. The girl on the left in the dress is supposed to be Inky, but she looks more like an alien, I'm afraid. Side views are still very much a work in progress.

 

P.S. Amberlea, I found the letter that I was supposed to include with the sketches I sent you on my desk. Apparently, I've already been cracked. I'm going to blame this ink testing business but really it's due to my own excitement.

Edited October 17, 2014 by TheRealScubaSteve