Anime and Manga week
The ToolsI use:
drawing pens for lineart and hatching from Artline, Snowman, and Sakura Micron.
markers and calligrapy pen for blocking; Copic markers, Finecolor and Artline products work well for me.
a white ink gel pen for effects and small corrections from Uni-ball.
a rubber from Hi-Polymer Pentel, to cleaning my sketch after lineart stage has done.
The BasicsLine, hatching,crosshatching, blocking, pointilism.
Now you know the basics, it's time to explore! Observe your surroundings to create more variation hatching technique, play with textures!
Some Variations:
GradationDrawing with ink will make artist to create