I liked my large scale ink work I showed in my last post. I am still having trouble taking up space on a scale so much bigger than I'm used to. One of my problems with my piece from the last post is that I started it by drawing a black line with ink around the figure to define and shape him. This lead to every solid line in the picture looking the same and making some parts look too flat. With this in mind I started another piece but this time, after sketching the figure out with pencil, I went straight into shading with the ink using a brush. This should lead to certain parts looking softer and hopefully will give a fuller image of texture and depth.

Here is my first drawing and my second one in progress. I like the effect that some of the marks are making of adding a softness to certain parts and making the lines less uniform. I am having trouble however defining certain aspects of the figure and of making the heavier black shades not look out of place next to lighter lines.