How do you make those expressive "Splatters?" Do you blow the ink about with an airbrush? I am always amazed at your skill in keeping the character's outlines crisp as well.

Blob of ink and then I blow on it until I'm lightheaded. For some of them I use a straw or a hollowed out pen if I can't find a straw. For the really thick streaks I'll blob some ink and then tap the whole clip board (that I use to hold the paper and for a backing) on the table so a big drop runs down instead of it stringing out thinner like what blowing on it does.

For the layered effect with it I have to wait between blobs and blows (gad that sounds horrible) so it doesn't all just run together where they overlap. As for crisp outlines, its layering the ink wash and being careful with the brushes. I don't know if this was at all helpful but I hope it answered some stuff! :D

ye gods every time you do this kinda thing it makes me want to fool around with ink wash

I would so love to see what you'd do with ink washes. :o

Is this over really pale pencils or what?

Initial sketch is on plain sketch paper then used a light box to trace on the bare minimum of lines to the ink paper. That penciling was as faint as I could make it so that it wouldn't stand out very much.

Aaaah, I was suspecting some sort of tracing might be going on to have so few bits of pencil visible!

*files that away for if she ever tries doing ink wash*

Man, how you do this without futzing up the figures astounds me. x_x

I love your negative-space work like this. The white figure as the un-painted portion is just awesome to me.

It does look like a broken mirror! Just when I think I have an all time favorite of yours (which is never easy to agree on) you post something like this that makes me have to replace it =D So beautiful...

These are now my favorite medias to work with....I absolutely love how you use them. The delicate shading and pose with the intensity of the black ink across it is really gorgeous.

Isn't ink fun! I looooove working with it. The whole process lines up with what my brain thinks how making art should feel like. That's the best I can explain it. I still enjoy working with colored pencils and the results but it is just so much more tedious. With watery inks and a brush I feel free.

This is really great! India ink really is fun to use, been doing it in class.

Absolutely gorgeous. I agree, it does look like a broken mirror. I like the effect.