Marker "globs" on art.

Looking for a little advice here..... See these "globs" at the ends of the tails/around the beaks/on the "fin" lines? How do I stop getting them? Ignore the many other errors for now, I'm just looking at the lines on these. I've left them original size. These are done with a Staedtler Fine Marker, which I saw recommended by a couple artists on a couple different forums... who knows if its the "right' one though..

I'm not an artist but I think you need to finish the line quicker,kinda up and out towards the end.Try not to overlap the two lines.I know nothing about paper but I now there's a lot of different kinds,mabey some would be less likely to bleed.Good luck for what it's worth.

Hello emge: There it may be several things going on: a) you are using paper not suitable for that kind of work, a material thats highly absorbent. b) you are taking to long to trace a line, by doing so the paper has more time to suck up the ink o your marker c) you may be pressing to hard causing the marker to deposit more ink. d) you may be doing multiple passes try doing the same work in a different kid of paper, for example try velum just to see if the paper is the problem. Velum is less absorbent and transparent. Practice, practice, practice. Hope any of these works for you

Thanks for the responses. I've tried to be careful about making single passes and not pressing hard.. I'll experiment with different kinds of paper and see if that helps.

cool bud anytime

MICRONS look them up and buy them now, microns on computerpaper, its a standard at our shop. it helps you with your overall performance in drawing and tattooing i believe, i will use nothing else. and they are insanely clean, they dont overflow like sharpies do. so it wont hue out on the edges,

another thing, never draw like a machine. like dont do this: put your marker on the paper, move it, stop, and pick up. putting the marker down without moving or holding in a spot can make "globs". draw like you would tattoo. we reffer to it like landing a plane and taking off. you glide in and start to draw, making smooth, steady lines, all at the same speed. (its finess man) and then when you reach the end of your line, continue moving as you come out. like a plane taking off... it may sound stupid but its how its done, watch pretty much any tattooartist. those pieces you listed also call for powerlines, which is a whole other area you need to learn. make lines thicker and thinner smoothly around curves. study some newschool work and study the lines.

when ya do points like the tails or tribal don't try to do it in one motion...do one side to the tip the the other side to the tip...thats your problem ...I just can't understand why all the experts on here didn't mention that...one of the firsty things to learn as an apprentice....also the microns vish suggested are great also the staedtler scetch pens are nice...T

And it does look like the paper you are using is a bit too porous!

if you do that plane technique thats kinda what i meant taz. you should never corner with a permanent marker, unless you want to make it look like, connect the dots.

i love the word porous...i learned what it meant because i heard it in the Spongebob Square Pants song and wanted to know what it was.... lol, sorry......very off subject :D

Thanks for all the feedback... it sounds so simple if you know it.. but I DON'T... lol! It's been hard to get back into art after not having the time or opportunity for a long time... and now that I have a couple days a week, its frustrating not remembering things. I did a dozen more this morning on computer paper, b/c its all I have besides my sketch books (which are for pencil, so it makes sense they're "rough")... the compy paper ones turned out better. I'll pick up some more supplies when I have a chance.. thanks all.

Thanks for all the feedback... it sounds so simple if you know it.. but I DON'T... lol! It's been hard to get back into art after not having the time or opportunity for a long time... and now that I have a couple days a week, its frustrating not remembering things. I did a dozen more this morning on computer paper, b/c its all I have besides my sketch books (which are for pencil, so it makes sense they're "rough")... the compy paper ones turned out better. I'll pick up some more supplies when I have a chance.. thanks all.

If you're having trouble with the sweepy 'plane landing & taking off' motion, perhaps get some india ink and a caligraphy brush. Then get a big bit of watercolor paper and play around with squiggles and swooshes