I agree, and also Toppi's imagination is delightful - it reminded me of the type of stuff I used to sketch as a kid (instead of listening to the teacher in math class). His style is dream-like.

I agree! I learned a lot while doing this video. Toppi's art makes me happy.

Thank you so much!

Yes, Cober's illustrations are fun as well, thanks for the suggestion!

Hope you enjoyed it! Sergio was suggested by many and was at the top of my list for a long time.

I'm so glad!

yay! glad you liked it.

I had a similar epiphany while doing the study, glad that came through in the video.

@@longstrideillustration the only question then becomes how to tackle crosshatching, but that's a whole other beast. I've noticed that traditional ink on paper techniques tend to utilise minimal crosshatching (or when they do it's in a very different manner) while when tone comes into play crosshatching is employed almost exclusively. This might also be a cultural thing, since you rarely see Japanese illustrators not use tone. It's truly strange because crosshatching feels very chaotic to me, yet illustrators like iwamune haruo make it seem so natural and organic. This might be thanks to the tone too admittedly. Sorry for the slight tangent, I really find this strange and interesting, because the use of crosshatching by Japanese illustrators is very pretty and they do not avoid using it in the slightest, if there is almost any amount of hatching another group of lines is sure to cross with it.

@@Mikuru-inkings I hear you! I'm conflicted about cross-hatching because of my admiration for Booth and Wrightson's styles. But stay tuned because I'll be doing an Albrecht Dürer study soon that will have us practicing orderly cross-hatching and nice tonal variety.

Thank you very much!

So cool! Thanks for being here.

Sure, can you recommend a couple of ink masters who use that technique effectively in their pieces?

@@longstrideillustration Mam I don't know very well but a youtuber Jadokar who use scumbling hatching. I search for a long on KZfaq but I didn't find artist who use scumbling hatching 😭

​​@@jagritimishra4928from what I know about that type of hatching it isn't typically used with ink. I interpret the method as layers of scribbles that add up to tones the more you overlay them. Generally I wouldn't worry about studying it that much, this style is one that you learn from experience and experimentation, try and be more loose with your outlines, combine line flow and direction with the direction of the scribbles too. I think it's a nice method to have in your repertoire, it mostly follows similar outlines as hatches or crosshatched would, you just make the line/lines a bit more "funky", as long as you have a decent foundation in those areas it shouldn't be difficult to grasp.

@@Mikuru-inkings thank you

@@jagritimishra4928 glad I could help

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great to hear!

You are so welcome!

Thank you - I think the cat liked it too, she loves the attention.

Thank you! My cat loves to get involved 😺

Glad you enjoyed it!

He's very imaginative, that could be an interesting video for sure. Thanks for the suggestion

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you! I'm glad that your enjoying my enthusiasm for pen and ink! Van Gogh's pen drawing would be an interesting video, thank you for the suggestion. I do not use fountain pens, maybe in the future. All the best.

Sure, thanks for the feedback. It's a challenge to edit videos that will appeal to everyone. You can expect some variety on the channel, otherwise it gets a bit uniform/repetitive. Though, I do indeed prefer a chill vibe as the norm 😊