lol, that's what I've been doing, and why I ended up here

As someone with a light-hand, I find this as an absolute win.

Yea, Ive heard the same recommendation from EVS but I am too much in love with pencils.

Which of those would you prefer? I would like to use an ink that doesn’t clog the nib very much but I couldn’t find any

@@JimmyReyesArt Thanks for the quick response Jimmy, I appreciate it!

It’s kind of hard to find permanent pigment inks that won’t clog up the fountain pen, while still being dark and clean enough for artwork. There is a popular hack where people modify g pen nibs so they fit into a jinhao pen, but it has its issues. Overall though, it’s just easier and more cost effective to use a dip pen or fineliner instead of messing around with fountains.

Ummm...well no... fountain pens are f a r more different than crow quills

No...and how do you do it?

I have heard of people scratching up black inked marks with a blade but not actually inking with them

Great ! Same for me (as for graphic tablets).

It only takes a lot of time if you are a complete amateur and are not used to doing fine work with your hands.

What's worse is hubris. You think you're great from 15 mins? There's probably alot you're missing that you don't know about. I'll probably heed the man who is doing it and getting paid for it

@@calska140 100% facts, some people are a bit too full of themselves or are only doing basic stuff so think they have a total grasp on it, it’s never the case though.

A Very Private Life He did say that this is the way he does it at the beginning with the disclaimer, my friend. Having patience is hard yes but it's worth it.

If your are special needs then pay for a tutor you dipshit. This is a free video, beggars can't be choosers.

I have a feeling wasting your time is not something anyone would lose sleep over. He's right in what he says. The tynes of the nib only open in one direction if you want to access the full line size the nib is capable of. However you can apply a gradient of very fine lines using the tip obliquely on the page. The crow nib has a limit of angles that will work. You are also deluded if you think there's an official, approved, set of methods to inking. it's an art. I don't think you've ever spent time getting good at something. You should stick with microns, the crow quill offers more flexibility and utility than a person dead to nuance could get out of it.

I don't know if I would get so heated with it, but I basically agree. I started inking with pigment fineliners (micron-style pens), started dabbling with brush and dip pens, digital inking in a limited way... I recently started paying attention to crow quills, enjoyed how much more flexible they are compared to other dip nibs. Came to youtube for more insight, found this video, thought "40 minutes on using a crow quill by Jimmy Reyes? Aw yeah! This'll have some good stuff on getting line variations and where to put them!" Imagine my surprise when the flexibility of the crow quill was almost completely ignored (and this is apparently what most crow quill inkers do) in favour of 'throwing' the line and creating thicker lines by drawing over them twice - techniques I learned to do with fineliners _when I was a kid._ Techniques that I _had_ to do with fineliners because they lacked the flexibility of other instruments. This just feels like a waste of a nib. I guess I _did_ get a bit heated. Fridge logic, I suppose. I also guess there's a point about this being a video for complete beginners but dang, I expected a bit more than 'this is a pen, it makes lines on paper, now clean the ink off'! So yeah, I agree, this video puports to give better information than all those 'amateur' videos out there, but I'm struggling to see exactly what that information is. Is this the first in a series? Did Jim put up more in-depth tutorials since? Jim might have stated 'this is the way he does it' but I don't know if that justifies almost 40 minutes of little more than introducing the basic concept of pen and ink. Do the amateur videos really get _that_ wrong? I have to think that this is barely scratching the surface of 'the way Jimmy Reyes does it'.

Haha just after 12mins how he says if you can't get through the video you probably won't have patience to ink, and also spoke about going sideways lol damn the OP nearly made it. That said though I am a novice to inking just got my first nibs and holder so i am pretty much target audience of this video and I was surprised about the throwing lines techniques. I have a well known comic friend who does all his comics with this technique and microns I really wanted nibs to get more weight variation so surprised that's how he's doing it but there's a lot of control of the weight with this method and the lines seem to end up quite accurate where as my way would be to go slowly and use pressure which may end up with more wobbles than quick strokes but possibly more curves, good ideas to try out anyway, going to have to see if i have any old denim, has also given me a lot to think about with my pencils, had planned to do quite rough pencils but having a strong planned sketch seems like it makes it way easier and less thinking at ink stage.