Daily ink monster

This is a fun and creative lesson my student teacher taught to my Grade 8 and 9 classes. It is inspired by the 'daily monsters' created by artist Stefan G. Bucher. http://www.dailymonster.com/ You basically take black ink, apply a blob (with a paintbrush) to a sheet of cardstock and blow it into a pattern with a straw. Then you turn that 'shape' into a little creature or monster, using fine tip black permanent markers and colored markers for details. You can also include a background or…

Daily Monsters is an Ipad app from Stefan Butcher. He’s an artist that starts out each day by blowing a pool of ink into a blot pattern, then making it into a monster. With the ipad app, you can use the provided parts to add to your digital ink blots. It is a total blast, […]

Good afternoon. I just finished an illustration for New York Magazine to head next week’s THE WEEK section. It’ll hit newsstands next Monday (April 2nd). The whole thing took 23 hours of work and turned out quite nice, I think. I’ll post a jpeg in a few days. (I don’t want to give away any

Each day from 2019 to 2023 I drew a monster in ink. Occassionally still I draw more ink monsters. Some were drawn live at the audience request. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. In other words, available for free use, as long as you remember to cite me as the artist. To support free art, use it, share it, and become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/kimholm If interested in the original art, please message me for details and availability

The long and jagged cat… / Cheshire Cat collection 100/100 - 3303/365 #cheshirecat #aliceinwonderland #sad #lewiscarroll #timburton #childrensbookillustration #disney #childrensbooks #cat #monster #negativespace #abstract #abstractart #surrealism #間 #pen #ink #art #draw #sketch #doodle #drawing #minimalmovement #guitar

Each day from 2019 to 2023 I drew a monster in ink. Occassionally still I draw more ink monsters. Some were drawn live at the audience request. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. In other words, available for free use, as long as you remember to cite me as the artist. To support free art, use it, share it, and become a patron at http://www.patreon.com/kimholm If interested in the original art, please message me for details and availability

The long and jagged cat… / the long and jagged cat collection 005/100 - 3308/365 #Thelongandjaggedcat #childrensbookillustration #childrensbooks #cat #monster #negativespace #abstract #abstractart #surrealism #間 #pen #ink #art #draw #sketch #doodle #drawing #minimalmovement #guitar

The long and jagged cat… / Cheshire Cat collection 093/100 - 3296/365 #cheshirecat #aliceinwonderland #sad #lewiscarroll #timburton #childrensbookillustration #disney #childrensbooks #cat #monster #negativespace #abstract #abstractart #surrealism #間 #pen #ink #art #draw #sketch #doodle #drawing #minimalmovement #guitar

A little while back I was going through some changes in my life and an ink-blot monster appeared on my arm to cheer me up. I decided to draw it. It was the first time I really enjoyed drawing (instead of having finished a drawing), so I kept going.

The long and jagged cat… / the long and jagged cat collection 002/100 - 3305/365 #Thelongandjaggedcat #childrensbookillustration #childrensbooks #cat #monster #negativespace #abstract #abstractart #surrealism #間 #pen #ink #art #draw #sketch #doodle #drawing #minimalmovement #guitar