Why

'Why' | Daily Drawing #258
Calligraffiti style using a Copic Wide Extra Broad marker.

I'm Not Rich But I'm Doing OK

'I'm Not Rich But I'm Doing OK' | Daily Drawing #255.
I'll just keep repeating this phrase as I file my taxes.

Tools: I did the base lettering with a Mary Le Plume II Brush Pen. I then traced over the brush marks with pencil, correcting and accentuating stroke lines. Then I scanned the tracing paper and pulled it into Photoshop for further correction and adjustment. I printed out the traced lines at a larger size, and traced over them with the Sakura Pigma Sensei pens. Scanned, cleaned up, then vector traced in Illustrator.
This sounds like a lot of steps - but because the style is so loose, the entire process took me less than an hour. I actually spend more time cleaning up the file and deciding on colors (which I'm still not sold on, I'm going to make other versions of this).

Lust for Life

'Lust for Life' | Daily Drawing #254
Tools: I started with large, loose sketches. The sketches were inked with a set of Sakura Pigma Sensei markers, which are actually sold as Manga drawing pens. This set has fine nibs as well as a large 1.00mm nib which made it easy to fill in large areas. Scanned then vector traced in Illustrator.