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Some of my latest: 
As a little side note, I've been trying to work out some bugs in my artistic style since I'm planning on building up a modest portfolio of pinup illustrations during my free time this summer. I've noticed that I have a serious problem with the positioning of figures and anatomical structure while doing figure drawings, so I've decided to go back to my old reference library for a refresher. For instance, in doing hands and wrists properly, I'm going to pull out my volume of Burne Hogarth's Drawing Dynamic Hands. There are also a couple of things that I felt needed replacement in my toolbox. For some of the projects, I'll be inking line art before the scanning and digital coloring process, and it seems that I'll need a very fine line for some of the details. Therefore, I'm replacing nibs in my pen collection that needed replacement: - Hunt #102 Crowquill: This will be my go-to nib for fine lines that'll tend to be longer in length or require a bit more time to work on in an area. It's flexible enough to allow ink to flow quite freely through the point without spilling out and producing an ugly blotch (so long as I take care of it).
- Hunt #107 Crowquill: This is a stiffer nib that doesn't allow ink to flow too freely for fine lines, so I'll use this one primarily for straight-edge linework and outlines on some of the smaller figures and objects on a drawing. I could also produce very fine, short lines with it, but it won't allow ink to flow as well this way as the 102 above.
There is also a smaller one that I recalled having a good time using for very fine linework on small areas, but it isn't available in the art shop where I brought the above two nibs. This weekend, I'll start hunting it down, perhaps at a professional art shop or two that I know of up in Pennsylvania.
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