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added an old turner & harrison 15R stub nib to my regular pens this time for some of the intermediate lines. not as bold as the kakimori nib but way easier to control. I like it!

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The thicker nibs add a lot to the composition but they're much fussier and it's easy to fuck up important details so I sometimes do a handful of practice runs first

oh man i WISH i was good enough to freehand that reliably. i used a lightbox but straight to ink since doing pencils first always seems to remove some of the energy

This actually brings up a good question - how large are your drawings? I suspect I am making mine too small so it's harder to add detail into it, and yours look so rich with detail and texture.

For fully rendered character art like this, usually around 4-5 inches high, sometimes a bit smaller if I'm only using the really fine mapping nib, and the above piece is a little over 6