Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for June 01, 2012

the most I used were the old type of chinese brushes

Don’t try to do it like the proffressionals, Nate.

I either use a black gel pen or a black rollerball pen.

if you got in a hurry and accidently went up instead of down or sideways with that point, yep , you would get a splatter. after YEARS of doing cartoons and ink drawings the old fashioned way, now I use a stylus and Wacon tablet hooked to my laptop, using a variety of software to simulate ink drawing. no splatter, no whiteout necessary for correction, no original that has to be protected carefully from damage. I would LOVE to have the system that you draw directly onto the screen with a stylus , but it’s a little pricey……..

Nate = the king of shortcuts.

“I’m a genius – I can do this without any problem at all!”

Learning curve.

Art classes.

Practice.

Oh, and a small clue about what you’re doing.

Me, I don’t use anything like this, because I have NO artistic talent at all. Even my stick figures are an object of ridicule…

… my own.

Keep trying Nate!

I am amazed at how many artists we have in this forum. Good for you. Keep drawing.

Hah. You wanna see a mess, try it left-handed. :(

Now try taking those ink stains off your clothes…. :(

Nate, first you have to learn to draw. That requires study and practice. Having all the fancy tools of the trade won’t make you a successful artist (or cartoonist) any more than a fancy camera will make you a successful photographer.

those stupid Sharpies spit ink as I draw on cold-pressed art board.

That quill must have been from this parakeet…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HS2O7Q3nc4

Keith Knight regularly uses black Sharpies.

I still use a sharpie.

I use a black permanent marker.

My order of fave cartoonists are:1. Lincoln Peirce. 2. Jeff Kinney. 3. me!

Nice try pig. Didn’t work though.

I use pencil and pen. Also the accasional sharpie.

Is that permanent?

I wish I could find the drawing tools Mr. Lincoln uses in Wal-Mart. If I could, I’d probably fall in love with them. I want to be a newspaper cartoonist one day by the way.

I was a Harry Potter nerd as a kid. My parents got me a real quill pen for Christmas one year and this is pretty much the result. Ink everywhere!