24 Realistic Ink Pens

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Ink pens with a slightly traditional feel. The examples are in black and white, but all can change color.

A bunch of liner pens that remind me of inking on pen and paper.  They're a variety from smooth to rough.  Some have more noticeable textures than others, some have a lot of variation to size and thickness, and some have variable density & opacity.  Feel free to change any and all settings to get a pen that feels good for your hand - that's the most important thing in lining!  The stabilization is set mostly to 6, so don't be afraid to increase it if you need to. 

I've never made a liner pen set before, I hope these all turn out ok. :,)




1. Power Station Pen - Powerful, dynamic, bold.
2. Crunchy Triangle - Mildly rough, size changes a lot with pressure.  Organic.
3. Mildly Soft Marker - Gentle round tip with light density.  A bit frayed.
4. Slightly Fuzzy - Subtle amount of fuzz on an oval tip.
5. Phobos - Bold, vertical oval tip, size slightly affected by tilt.
6. Deimos - Sharp Horizontal tip, lots of size variation.  Phobos and Deimos are named after Mars' moons :D


7. Triangle Pen - Simple triangle tip with round edges to make it slightly smoother.
8. Newsprint Pen - A natural pen that feels like it has more bleed.
9. Static Pen - Light pressure shows the static texture underneath.  Good for shading.
10. Striker Pen - Intense bold lines that vary greatly with pressure.  It's like you're slashing your paper with it.
11.  Iceland Inker - Has the same tip as the Icelandic Sketcher in another set.  Round rectangle tip, gentle with low line variation.
12. Dirty Pen - Looks more messy at big sizes. 

13. Tiny Halftone - The texture is a very small halftone!  Makes some fun effects.
14. Esoteric Pen - Gives even lines with a gentle pressure curve. Closer to a marker.
15. Fuzzy Inker - Blured inker with a visible grain.  Can be made more or less intense.
16. Cross Pen - This pen was supposed to be a coloring fill pen, but it ended up as a line art one instead.  It looks best at small sizes, but can be used to fill space with its weird texture elsewhere.  Might be the hardest brush to use, feel free not to use it. ;w;
17. Worn Paper Pen - A Caligraphy pen.  Smooth line, nice papery texture underneath.  Gives solid areas a worn feeling with more character to it.
18. Crunchy Pen - A bolder variation to the static pen.  More focus on solid lines.

These four below have a watercolor border:

19, A Little Border Pen - A simple pen with a little bit of texture at larger sizes, gives nice character to soild areas.
20. Build Up Ink Brush Pen - A lighter type of ink pen, good for building up dark solid areas.  Feel free to change density & texture for a gentler or harder look.
21. Oil slick - Has a very wild texture underneath that looks a bit like an oil slick.  Grungy.
22. Fuzzy Ink with Fuzzy Border - The border will appear after the line is placed, so make sure to pick a slightly smaller size or modify it.  A weird variation of the Fuzzy Ink Pens.


...and these two I forgot to make fancy examples of, sorry! ;w;
23. Spaced Pen - An experiment on making a pen that skips!  Really weird but fun to doodle with.
24. Swoosh - This is a normal pen that is fun to go "woosh" with.  Fast and loose, like the wind!

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Thanks for checking these out, hope you guys have a lovely week. :D

Inking without the Mess!

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Published : 2 years ago

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Pixel art lover, game enthusiast, strange artist. I like making brushes because I find it fun! I don't like charging for my stuff unless I put a lot of effort into it, so most of my stuff is free. I just like sharing things with people :D