Inktober!

October 1, 2009
by Michelle Kondrich

inktoberWhat is Inktober?  Just ask Jake Parker:

“It’s finally Inktober!  What is Inktober you ask?  It’s a month long appreciation of the art of drawing in ink and the practitioners that embrace that art. To celebrate I’m posting one ink drawing a day for the entire month.  No pencils, no water colors, no photoshop, just the unadulterated black and white beauty of thick black ink on crisp white paper.  Drawing with ink means commitment.  There’s no hemming and hawing as to which pencil line you’re going to use, no sitting on the fence of values, no pussy footing with color.  When you make your mark you better mean it.  It’s black and white.  True or false.  On or off.  And that’s what Inktober is all about.”

While I usually create sketches in pencil before putting them down in ink (via nib pen), I promise to do a drawing or two for Inktober that was not sketched out first.

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