Saturday, February 12, 2011

Drawing Caricature Practice with Sakura Pigma Sensei and Pigma Graphic 1 drawing marker pens

Comparison chart of the marks made with Sakura Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing pens and Sakura Pigma Graphic 1 pen on white card stock. The shading of the dragon was painted with gray Faber-Castell Pitt Artist pens.
Comparing some of my favorite marker sketching pens by drawing a few cartoon versions of my nephew.
Manga-style caricature drawn with the 0.6 mm Sakura Pigma Sensei drawing pen. This medium size nib allows for greater detail and fairly uniform strokes while speed sketching.
Cartoon portrait sample drawn with the Sakura Pigma Sensei 1.0 mm drawing pen. One of my favorite pens for drawing caricatures quickly thanks to its consistent ink flow and broad nib that allows some line variation by changing the angle of the pen against the paper.
Sample drawn with the Sakura Pigma Graphic 1 pen. This pen actually laid down a thinner line closer in size to that of the Sakura Pigma Sensei 0.6 mm nib pen. A fine sketching pen if you can find it.
Mateo looking over the cartoon portrait samples.
"Is this supposed to be me? thought it was a girl". Oh well, at least the lines drawn with the 1.o mm Sakura Pigma Sensei Manga drawing pen are nice and bold and can be easily seen from a distance or captured clearly with a camera. Back to practicing for I'll be doing a another caricature tent at the 2nd annual Mercato Fine Arts Festival on March 5th & 6th.

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