Anonymous asked: I was so inspired by your art that I went out and bought some Winsor and Newton inks! But I'm kinda struggling with using them a bit--if you have time please could you maybe make a tutorial on how to get different shades with the same color of ink and how to make those white highlights where you've colored with black ink? Thank you!
actually there isn’t really a secret to it- you get different shades by mixing the ink with a little water (or a lot!) and all the white parts in my ink drawings are just plain paper! negative space is your friend, my friend
Anonymous asked: Mod do you have any tips for getting better at inking? Im quite poor, so using what little good ink/inking pens i have to practice feels wasteful since i don't really know what I'm doing...
Actually I had the same fear of wasting materials in school when using ink and paint, and using ink with a brush can be pretty scary because you have to trust both it and yourself- you’re going to make mistakes that aren’t reversible! You have to learn to go with it and adapt those mistakes into something better, or just start over, but it’s hard to do that when you’re using something costly. What I used to practice was super concentrated black coffee. All you need is some cheap instant coffee and hot water to make it (best to let it cool down before you use it though, or it can warp the paper); the trick is to use a tonne of granules and not much water, just add it bit by bit until all the coffee is dissolved. The less water, the darker the liquid. Make yourself a little dose of it in an egg cup or something and away you go.
Try to get the solution as saturated as possible, and use a decent water colour brush- a good brush can make a good picture out of almost anything! You can also use beetroot juice, but it kinda stinks and the colour changes over time. Experiment with what you have available! It’s difficult to make a liquid as dark or permanent as ink, but this is a method for learning how to use a liquid medium; the important thing is to make your liquid medium about the same consistency as ink or watercolour, so it will get you better and more confident at using a liquid medium with a brush. That way when you want to step your game up you’ll be more familiar with the methods and less likely to make simple mistakes that could have been avoided with a little practice.
Anyway, that’s the method I used, and hey you can make some pretty great pictures using coffee! Go have fun :D
Anonymous asked: out of those three who is your fav toon :D
WHAT A CRUEL QUESTION HOW COULD I PICK JUST Oswald totally Oswald
Anonymous asked: what pronouns do you use?
honestly I seriously have zero preference but most people use she and I’m totally alright with that :|b
Anonymous asked: do you ship Dipper and Wendy?
You know, I don’t know! Not really. I mostly really like them being friends on the chill and intimate level that they are; I just really love how much they trust and understand each other and don’t let other complications get in the way of that (which involves admitting and dealing with those complications when they arise), so I guess I platonic ship them all the way to the moon! At the same time I guess I can see them hooking up in the future when Dipper is a bit older, but whatever happens I hope they stay best friends to the end :D
Anonymous asked: It mades me so mad somehow that not only have you made me want to watch Night of the Hunter (which was a fantastic movie) but made me desperately want to cosplay your crossover Bipper how did you do that.
I do not know but I am delighted
Anonymous asked: I'm not trying to pressure you or say you *should*, especially since you seem to have a lot going on all the time and I respect that, but do you see any point in the future when TPOH will increase in update frequency? (I'm kinda new to this absolutely AMAZING comic and I don't know if it's done so before)
it’s not impossible, but I would have to not be working full time, and I would have to be not as injured as I am right now, and I would probably want to set up a patreon to make sure that I could not be working full time so that I could draw with enough time to spread the work out and not end up as injured as I am right now because I am an idiot
so basically, yes!
Anonymous asked: is it bad that I kind of want you to meet Alex and fall in friend with him
I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO END IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY BUT THIS WORKED OUT SO ADORABLE AND I’M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT no anon please want that that’s so super cute I love you for wanting such a radical nice thing whichwillneverhappenbutwecandream :’D
Anonymous asked: are you going to draw more night of the hunter/gravity falls fanart? those were real cool :0
maybe! they were certainly good practice- I’m way too tired to do an inktober today so maybe I’ll use that as an idea for tomorrow’s, anyway thank you very much!
Anonymous asked: is that a candy floss machine are those knives chocolate is tHAT A CHOCOLATE CANDY FLOSS MACHINE???!
