Regarding the tags, is it an oil painting or an AI painting?

Been in a bit of a slump lately.

So I found an @xkcd.com cartoon in the real world.

Beginning study of a medieval artist (Master of Spencer 6) and his manuscripts. I found a 2015 dissertation on his work. Can’t get any luckier than that. Delves into the palette and style quite deep. I’ll get information that I would never have been able to discern myself. Got lucky on this one.

My latest project. Life map of a friend. Based on ca1234 Ebstorf Map that was destroyed in WWII. It's not a geographical map and doesn't portray a flat Earth. The figures are 1-1.5cm tall. Most text is 2mm high. 22"x22". ~1,500 words written by Sadira. Can't fully explain in short blurb. #artshare

Trying to convey what you see in your head to others can be daunting. Sometimes there’s no words to truly explain what your mind sees.

Sunday Afternoon in the Park.lores (2017)
This is the first cmyk piece I created with cmyk dot screens I made. I learned a lot from this piece. Besides the comic pages, I'm also doing a series of fine art in this style. This was before I knew after the Krafttone brushes.
#artshare #digitaldots #cmyk

Redid the coloring with my old BenDay patterns. Looks so much better now. The dots still aren’t the size of the original, but there is a limitation with the resolution. Using my BenDay patterns certainly helps the look.
(Original—Crafttone dots—BenDay dots)
#cmyk #comicbookdots #4cp #benday

First try with the Krafttone brushes. I’m supposed to be able to shrink the size and spacing but that’s still eludes me at this time.
The general look is achieved. Brighter colors result from the white by and no fading of inks.
#artshare #digitalcolors

Another inking study of Basil Wolverine. Every inker is different. It’s interesting studying the nuances of each style. Wolverton did lots of cross hatching. Some was difficult to duplicate digitally.
I will color this with the digital cmyk.
#artshare #digitalink

My reproduction of Starry Nights done in digital cmyk. No idea how many dots make up this piece.

Leopard Women Riding Giant Saurians-Fletcher Hanks.
Working on CMYK coloring with dots and lines. Pulling stuff from the back of my brain again. But it makes these old pieces look better with the actual style of coloring.
#artshare #comicbookdots #1940scomics #cmyk

Here's a piece I did in the 2013—in the style of Barry Windsor Smith. Another of favorite artists. On her collar I added what's called "a random walk" line to give it texture.
#tradart #penandink #medieval #artshare

The beauty of Space Smith, and all Fletcher Hanks work, was it was made without a filter. Hanks put down whatever was in his brain… most of it a normal person would never let be seen.

Simply put, there’s nothing else out there like a Fletcher Hanks comicbook.

A Favorite Ditko cover I wanted to study & redraw. Turned out less complex than I thought. Added in some zipatone for texture as I’m not coloring with CMYK yet. Procreate brushes still need some work. All in all I’m satisfied with the progress.
#artshare

Look up zipatone for a better good explanation than I could give. It was around up to the 80s. Graphic artists used it to add tone that previously would be lines and stipple. After I figure out Ditko’s inking, I’ll be adding my digital Crafttone coloring I developed.

Thanks. I know it's a copy but I meed to learn the secres of his inking style. And a teacher online suggested the structure copying to more thoroughly observe it as you put ink to paper.

Another Ditko study (Face) with the addition of some digital zipatone. It's actually from my BenDay project but similar dots and line files. This allowed me mechanically tint some of the heads, not draw every shading line. It's an ongoing project and I'll be exploring it more in the future.

The splash page from the 3rd Dr. Strange story.
These structure studies have shown me many traits of Ditko's inking I was unaware of. The difference from his crow's quill to his brushwork—his precision thin lines to his not so precise large shading strokes. Still so much to learn.

Wanted to make the little men stand out using a zipatone effect. The Procreate halftone didn’t have the right look. I pulled a BenDay stipple file I made years back. So far, it’s as close to zipatone as I‘ve gotten.

Work will continue on the process.

#inkart #procreate #zipatone #bendaydots

xkcd can be kishotenketsu

1. Intro of characters
2. Their thoughts on dark matter
3. Only gravity affects it so experiments are fruitless
4. Having a burrito never hurts

This needs further research to see if thus pertains to any other of his comics

Another Ditko style study. What I run into is how to convert a color image into a b&w line inkart. Need to find more references on that. The original used color to show the man sucked into the gem it doesn’t show up as well with only lines. More techniques to learn.

Another sketch started but I’m tired and going to bed. The iPad makes this exercise easier… and cheaper as I don’t have to buy a tablet of vellum paper. I’ll finish this off tomorrow.

I try other inking styles but keep going back to my beginnings. Think I’ll stay here for a while.

Been under the weather for a few days. Decided to do a sketch study from an old Ditko story, A Monster Among Us. Love the style of the monster. A practice session for me to to learn more or the artist’s style. The more I replicate it, the better I get drawing it.

Trump wants to put a 100% tariff on all foreign made films. Sounds like the most efficient way to destroy Hollywood.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50 Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy.

hey #medievalsky free outreach idea: 2025 is the 50th (!) anniversary of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." reach out to your local theater and see if they want to do a screening. people still - rightfully! - love that movie.

arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

Internet (seems to be) stable.

Sitting on my balcony watching the Canadian gooses frolic in the creek.

I missed hanging out on the balcony.

Ebstorf Map - Wikipedia

Nice mapping skills.

Here’s a map you may like. I’m finishing up a project using this as my examplar.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebstorf...

Pen and ink is my favorite although with the arthritis I’m moving to microns and brush pens. A little easier for my hands to deal with.

Most of my art now is ink work only. Though I’m moving back to some pencil drawings.

COLOR!!!