“Crosby” 84 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing

December 21, 2007 by Mike Lyon  
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“Crosby” okubi-e (big-head picture), 84 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing is complete. This one is by far the most complex and involved drawing I’ve attempted with almost twice the line density of any previous drawing and over 10 million lines of code required to guide the machine movement. About three weeks to resolve the image and produce the code and almost 400 hours of continuous drawing! I beefed up the darkest areas by re-drawing and called it complete.

– Mike

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3 Responses to ““Crosby” 84 x 45 inch pen and ink drawing”
  1. AEleen says:

    Superb image. The subtlety you can achieve with this technique/medium continues to increase with each work. Thanks for sharing.

  2. Anita says:

    I come to your blog when I need to be inspired. Once again I am blown away!

  3. Annie B says:

    My eye is fascinated by the fuzzy edges.

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