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[Pira]

My (ex) publisher declined to go with this and replaced it with something more anodyne. The book is a humorous SM romance/crime thriller!

 

http://www.cuttingedgepress.co.uk/books/blue-murder-at-the-pink-parrot/

 

I'd be curious to know which people prefer?

 

Your's is lovely and definately says much more about the story than the cover which was chosen. :/

 

Having said that ~ there are many influences on the decisions editors make...some better than others. My mother was an inhouse illustrator for a major publishing house for years and stopped trying to understand the powers-that-be. It's one thing to have your work rejected. It's another thing entirely to be forced to pull something together that visually burns your personal aesthetic, no matter how many ways you try to talk people out of something....and then get critisized for the work when it's gone to print and obviously sucks.....

 

She successfully went freelance and spent the rest of her career fixing other's 'problems' at the witching hour (pre computers) when the printing date was looming (pressmen ran a tight schedule that even publishing executives didn't meddle with), and charging 4x what she was making before.

Edited July 13, 2015 by Pira

[Pira]

 

 

I also really like the trunk of your ink tree Pira

 

 

Thank-you...I find drawing them to be very soothing. Sort of sliding into a zenspace of mind...

Edited July 13, 2015 by Pira

[fountainpagan]

Fountainpagan - I thought of the novel in a slightly noir-ish, Frank Miller way but I'm pretty sure I was punching above my weight.

 

Ruth (another Ruth, hi!), - I'm sure you're right. It isn't really humorous either but you know what it's like when your baby's rejected.

I'm just bitter and twisted!

Don't be. Your cover has more style.

[carretera18]

Cherries by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

 

 

Inks: Diamine Oxblood & Umber, Montblanc Burgundy, Standardgraph Maize yellow & Reed Green, Noodler's Burma Brown used with a Brause Steno Calligraphy nib No. 361 & watercolour brush on Stillman & Birn's Zeta paper.

 

 

 

WOWWWW!!

 

[Pira]

 

WOWWWW!!

 

 

Thanks

 

July 2015 Inkdrop by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

 

 

Something for those hot summer days...Cheers!

 

Inks: Diamine Blaze Orange

Noodler's Cayenne, Habanero and Hellfire

Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus

Edited July 15, 2015 by Pira

[Lamyrada]

 

 

Thanks

 

July 2015 Inkdrop by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

 

 

Something for those hot summer days...Cheers!

 

Inks: Diamine Blaze Orange

Noodler's Cayenne, Habanero and Hellfire

Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus

 

 

 

This is very sophisticated and GOOD. I wished FPN had a LIKE feature! fantastic!

[carretera18]

 

 

Thanks

 

July 2015 Inkdrop by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr

 

 

Something for those hot summer days...Cheers!

 

Inks: Diamine Blaze Orange

Noodler's Cayenne, Habanero and Hellfire

Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus

 

 

WOOWOWWWW AGAIN!

 

[requiescat]

http://yoonhalee.com/images-hxt2/hxt-str-ink.png

 

Pen: Pelikan M200 demonstrator with Binder artist's nib (which unfortunately I've never been able to use very well)

 

Ink: Noodler's Black, which I completely do not recommend for this purpose. The stuff smudges if you look at it sideways. Next time I try doing fountain pen linework, I'm going to switch to some non-smudgy black ink that doesn't need to be waterproof because it's getting photocopied anyway. (This got photocopied onto Copic marker paper and colored with Copic markers, with Deleter white ink for highlights.)

 

And for the curious, the rather disastrous attempt at coloring this...I have a ways to go:

 

http://yoonhalee.com/images-hxt2/hxt-str-j-copic.png

[flummoxed]

A quick sketch of the Bangalore Palace in a F-C Mike Masuyama ground EF and Fosfor Sandalwood.

 

Edited August 18, 2015 by flummoxed

[juanjo]

Four movie sketches with EF pens. Click on the links for the details about the pens used.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2015 by juanjo

[Tas]

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_henry_moore_1.jpg

 

One of Henry Moore's incredible sculptures, Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green.

 

Noodler's Nib Creeper filled with ESB - (2 parts Diamine Emerald, 1 part Diamine Syrah, 1 part Sheaffer Blue) and washed over with Gris Nuage.

 

[Note to self - must mix up more of that ink ]

[I.M.]

wow, cool art there Tas

[Tas]

Thank you.

 

The pen was misbehaving, failing to lay down a reliable line and often skipping so I started mistreating it which caused it to send out beautiful splatters and random width lines - it was quite sadomasochistic in a way

[I.M.]

carry on having fun then, no matter how kinky it might seem!

[Tas]

http://www.taskyprianou.com/me_embarrassed.jpg

[fountainpagan]

wow, cool art there Tas

 

I totally agree.

 

Very nice work on the textures and shades.

[Pira]

Great energy in that work Tas

[Luma]

More stick figures, please

[sf_roma]

 

Hello everybody,

I tend not to post my work - but at the San Francisco Pen Show last weekend, the feedback I received on my work while buying new fountain pens made me think you'd be interested.

I was a woodblock printmaker for years, studied in Tokyo, and was born and raised in Rome, Italy. I was an artist in residence at the San Francisco Asian Art museum in 2004 and have been showing internationally for 15 years.

My recent works are ink drawings pairing excerpts of trees and flora with excerpts of contemporary poetry. This is a piece inspired by the poetry of Cid Corman.

I do an initial drawing in pencil after extensive preparatory drawings from life (I've spent a lot of time admiring chrysanthemums!)

http://i.imgur.com/ExFdpyA.jpg

Then I mix purple ink and apply it with an inexpensive Lamy with some flex.

All my work is done with either fountain pens or dip pens. I mix my own inks from an extensive pigment and ink collection I've collected from all over the world.

http://i.imgur.com/KiI0XVh.jpg

And the Corman poem I've been reading and re-reading:

http://i.imgur.com/H8BZHeY.png

Stay tuned to see how it evolves!

Marco Flavio

 

[Pira]

Another month. Another self-styled challenge (using only the colours in the monthly Inkdrop + the given theme: Cavern Expedition)....unfortunately the blue/greens just don't scan worth a darn. :/ Ah well, it was fun to draw

 

Inkdrop Sept 2015 ~ Tatzelwurm by Pira Urosevic, on Flickr