Who is the most insane pen & ink artist alive?

**Plantweed** · 11-06-2009, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by Casey Burns

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.

Gotta agree here. It's nice to see a balance between ornamental detail and a strong layout. A lot of artists seem to just put detail everywhere, and don't step back to think about dynamics.

**Evil Alice Corp** · 11-06-2009, 08:27 AM

ashleigh talbot Madame Talbot's Victorian Lowbrow and Gothic Lowbrow

**Steve Chanks** · 11-06-2009, 08:47 AM

Was Anville implying that he never heard of Bernie Wrightson?

**Angryblue** · 11-06-2009, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Tenebrini

Hydro, Mr Cartoon, Mike Giant...

hydro isn't pen and ink, i don't believe.

**Steve Chanks** · 11-06-2009, 08:57 AM

Nah, Hydro is str8 up vecterz

**robschwager** · 11-06-2009, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Angryblue

hydro isn't pen and ink, i don't believe.

His twitter and FB posts prove otherwise...

**Angryblue** · 11-06-2009, 10:13 AM

i'll have to look that up, then! i'd love to see actual ink things of his, i know he used to be almost exclusively an illustrator whore.

**Angryblue** · 11-06-2009, 10:17 AM

damn his lines are crisp.

**THE PiNCH** · 11-06-2009, 10:22 AM

enjoying this thread *****

**The Fresh Prints** · 11-06-2009, 10:46 AM

pettibon.

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