Tools of the Trade

Thanks to a thoughtful request, I'm allocating this post to describing the tools of my trade. For the current book, my surface base is the Borden & Riley #234 PARIS BLEEDPROOF PAPER FOR PENS paper. It's a very smooth surface, but also flexible enough that it doesn't crease when handled too much - which my pages often are, and this has been an issue in the past.

My medium of choice is the Sakura MICRON Archival Ink pen, #2, #3, #5, and #8. I should note that the second book, "Shadow Play," was inked with traditional crow-quill pen nibs and India ink on illustration board, and I encourage you to examine and appreciate the differences between the two techniques.

The following is an image of my actual workspace with a page-in-progress, followed by the required inked image for #Inktober, which again - I encourage you to caption. The last image is of my cat, just because he's awesome.

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