In celebration of the October meme “Inktober” – a recognition for the art of inking or inkers, falling within the illustration and comics crowd – I thought I would share some sketchbook stuff. I have always had a preference for ink and have thought that Inktober is a nice idea. As I was already going through a bunch of old sketchbooks, I thought I’d take some snaps and give you a smattering of crazed and lewd scribblings from yesteryear.
Part 2 covers samples from 1993 through 2000. A period from the end of college at Art Center College, in Pasadena, California through moving to New York.
I’ve always sketched in ink, with a preference for Uniball micro black (later also adding a Tombo black marker for deep blacks.) In these works you’ll see the addition of brush pens, ultimately settling on a Kuratake 40 further down the road.
The examples here are in chronological order. Some detailed notes about the drawings when you mouseover the thumbnail images.
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-SmirkingSPLASH-1024x624.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1992c-Critter-1024x940.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1992c-Egg-781x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1992c-Lament-637x1024.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2007-WFBuckley-746x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1988-MongolianHipsters-909x1024.jpg)
![](https://i2.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1992c-Opportunities-1024x826.jpg)
![](https://i2.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1993c-AEhead-886x1024.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1994-AEHand-1024x860.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1995-LeewardDesperateRoad-1024x680.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1997-Ickey-784x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1996-StudyDrunkenBoat-861x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-LeighHead-794x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-Numbering-960x1024.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1996-PoetryGood-939x1024.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-ShowPony-677x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-SmirkingWoman-790x1024.jpg)
![](https://i0.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2000-Laurie-680x1024.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1997-WTCskyline-1024x538.jpg)
![](https://i1.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-NudeHair-1024x972.jpg)
![](https://i2.wp.com/etagelarsen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1998-ClassicalHead-698x1024.jpg)
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