The idea of this "Drop Cap of the Week" was first used by Jessica Hische when she began doing Daily Drop Caps. These are letters that she created and posts online for people to see. I love the concept of the Drop Cap and I was extremely excited to begin doing my own! So here's my first drop cap attempt. I didn't do much process because I decided to create it without thumbnails (which we traditionally use for EVERYTHING in class). This was a bit more open so I decided to just allow my hand to move the ink onto the paper and see what happens. It's done in india ink and a quill nib pen. It was fun to do
and just make up without having a clear image in
mind. I've been inspired by Ralph Steadman lately as well as the work of Dan Lisowski, so this is somewhat my experimentation with letters and making them with the styles of those artists. The top left is my work and the bottom left is an ink drawing by Ralph Steadman (one of the many pieces I was inspired by).
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This was on of my favorite drop caps. I think the editing you did was really effective, too.
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