something I am grateful for today

[johncomic]

I have a plan.

It remains to be seen if I follow through on the plan or not... but for now, I at least have it.

Now that I have a project in mind that seems like it would benefit from this: I have dug out my brushes and I plan to [finally] learn how to ink with them.

Not sure if I am too old of a dog for this new trick, but I am finally up for taking a shot at it, with more enthusiasm than I can ever recall previously for this task. My gratitude is for the fact that working in my chosen artform still truly excites me after all this time.

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[johncomic.livejournal.com]

Lately I have been hearing from people who regularly ink with brush-tip markers instead. Sounds like their technology has improved over the years to the point that they can produce nice line results.

I'm keeping that option in reserve in case I find the actual brushes too difficult to master -- the markers are reputedly easier to handle, and going by my own experience I am sure this is true. But first I would really like to make a good solid attempt at learning how to handle a “real one”.