Elephant & Donkey
19/05/11 02:45
Have quill will travel. Here is a drawing about the G.O.P. & Democrat spat over the debt ceiling. I had a bit of fun with this and tried out a new ink in the process. I used Waterman's product and found it to be pretty good. The pen was a Gillott--the best nib there is--laid down on a Borden & Riley, two-ply, plate finished bristol. There are some nice quirky details in this one. For example, take a look at the face on the money the elephant is stomping on. Also, one never likes to have their drawn characters let it "all hang out", so the trunk of our pachyderm, is strategically placed to obscure. Took about an hour and a half to do this one. It was fun to draw and the end result IMHO, came out well. Should be doing a few of these coming into 2012.