/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

It's not color, it's a play of lineweights, all black and white.

I'm going to guess a marker with a brush tip just because of the lack of feathering, though it isn't impossible to achieve this with a brush.

If I were you I would start with markers/pens. They're easier to pick up/control than brushes and are less likely to discourage you.

Get archival quality pens of a variety of tip sizes and (if you want) shapes. You'll want one with pigment based and waterproof ink.

I like Faber-Castell Pitt Artist's Pens myself. Sakura Micron are popular too.

When drawing in this style it's important to pay attention to your placement of dark areas, these will dictate how the eye will travel over the piece.

Two artists you might want to check out are Mike Mignola and Eduardo Risso, both talented artists and are best known for their masterful manipulation of black spaces in their illustrations.

>>1915997
This one is a little cluttered and confusing. There's no natural focus point, a place for the eye to rest, making it hard to really take in the image as a whole.