When it comes to calligraphic brushes my first advice is simple and hard to perform: find yourself an original jaranese brush.
Here in Ukraine it was really hard to find, but finally I've managed. Earlier I bought a set of imitations, and the result was pretty poor. What you really need to find here is something that looks like this:
The main feature of the brush is it's shape. I usually use them for inking, and they're perfect if you do your inkings with a brush. When it comes to "europian" brushes you may need a whole set to get the kinds of lines you want, but when it comes to japanese brashes - you need just one.
It has a super tiny tip that can give you the tiniest line, and a thick base for thicker ones. The only problem here - controling such brush really takes practice.
Here when I say that I make my inking with it I don't meen traditional japanese inking. No, it's just a convinient tool for any kind of ink artworks. Some ixamples of my art created with this brush (and colored digitally):
So, it's everything about having one brush instead of a whole box of them.
OK, I'm lying:) I really have a whole box:) But I use a lot of other mediums. And when it comes to ink - calligraphy brush is my choise. I highly recomend you to have one in your collection:)
Thank you for watching:)
Love, Inber
