After two failed attempts, I finally finished an ink drawing which turned out well. The inspiration is a photo I took of a friend at Maker Faire a couple years ago, posing with a robot-like pose-able sculpture. This is a relatively small drawing, only 7″x8″, created with Senellier Walnut Satin ink on smooth paper. I
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9″x12″ ink pen and wash on watercolor paper Reference: Victorian day dream 4 I’m not putting this drawing in my main portfolio because I drew it on the wrong paper. I grabbed a cheap watercolor pad because it’s been so long since I did one of these and I didn’t want to waste good paper
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9″x12″ dark brown ink on watercolor paper Croquille nip and #6 round brush wash Reference: http://kristabelladc3.deviantart.com/art/Heartsore-20-193320295
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Josh and the Ship’s Cat Brown ink on watercolor paper, pen nib and brush wash, 6″x6″ A friend, by the name of Josh, drawn up steampunk style referencing one of his personal photos.
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Originally five separate posts made on December 14, 2010. rawing of Captain Robert from Abney Park, referencing one of their promotional photos. This is part of a series for my final project in class. Drawing of Kristina from Abney Park, referencing one of their promo photos. This is part of a series for my final project in
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Maelstrom Roughly 3 feet by 4 ft in size, backed with black fabric Bottle ink on large-format printer paper ~1 hour of work No references Large-format assignment for art class. The only requirement was that it be large, and she provided glossy printer paper for us to use. I cut a roughly 4 ft length
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Originally many separate posts, made between September 2 and November 3, 2010. September 2, 2010 October 1, 2010 October 29, 2010 November 3, 2010
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Originally posted October 4, 2010. 6″x10″, white ink on black paper~5 hours of workModel: https://gentlemansclubstock.deviantart.com/art/201-54741071 by ~GentlemansClubStock Cross-hatching homework assignment for class. I decided I wanted to do a bold crosshatch design with lines that follow the contours of the model, to help emphasize the boldness of the lighting.
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Originally posted September 13, 2010. 8″x10″, bamboo pen and sumi ink on vellum paper~15 minutes This was drawn in class from a real dried artichoke. I was very happy with how it turned out. I need to get or carve myself some more bamboo pens in different sizes. Artichokes are related to cardoons and (more
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Originally four separate posts made on September 6, 2010. Speedball 512 nib on smooth white paper8″x5″~.5 hour of workDrawn with a bud vase and rose in front of me. The first homework assignment for my class was to make four drawings of the same subject using four different pens or nibs. For this one I
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