Who is the most insane pen & ink artist alive?

[Casey Burns]

i'm not sure a single artist listed actually works in pen and ink. pen and ink means dipping a pen in an inkwell.
(not trying to discount the awesome talents listed ... but they're not all working in pen and ink ... it's a different medium than using any other sort of pen. and yes, i'm a nerd)

[philaarts.com]

oh great a list..

[Casey Burns]

that said, berni wrightson and jeff jones are the greatest living pen and ink artists i can think of.
while other artists can render detail after detail, the composition gets lost. wrightson's 70s frankenstein illustrations (which owe a lot to franklin booth) were insanely detailed, yet there is no question where the eye should go.
jeff jones, on the other hand, is a master of leaving out unnecessary detail, and laying down elegant, informing, lines of black.

[squeegeethree]

Is that guy still alive?
You know who I mean.
He has long hair and a beard.
Wore sandals often.

Dürer or something?

[robschwager]

Frank Frazetta.

[Anville]

Albrecht Durer is dead I think.

Jeff Jones! Awesome artist. Hes on facebook. Idyll is an awesome book.

Wow, Bernie Wrightson is insanely good....

[j]

Joseph Mugnaini is dead I think but his work is fantastic. Check it out if you're unfamiliar.

[Mark McCormick]

ball point pen artists...

The Official Mike Scheer site.

The Ballpoint Pen Art of Dennis Dread

[Mark McCormick]

Originally Posted by Casey Burns

i'm not sure a single artist listed actually works in pen and ink. pen and ink means dipping a pen in an inkwell.
(not trying to discount the awesome talents listed ... but they're not all working in pen and ink ... it's a different medium than using any other sort of pen. and yes, i'm a nerd)

i don't think pen and ink technique necessarily requires dipping a pen in an inkwell. working with something like a rapidograph or a ball point or many other pens are all still pen and ink, they just put the inkwell inside the pen. it still involves a pen, and ink.

bernie wrightson should be on the very top or very close to the top of the list.

[stinkbait]

oh shit I forgot about Mike Scheer. I got to know him back when I was publishing a magazine. Insanely talented. Did all the Treepeople and some Built To Spill cd art. Laundromat Smell is one of his books. It's badass...