Kristen Maslanka's Fantastic Realities

Honestly, there's nothing like sitting back with your sketchbook and just playing around with doodles and fun designs. It's a great opportunity to work on aspects I can improve *coughhandscough* and on new materials or methods! 

I've had so much fun exploring new inking techniques. I've been digging out my Joseph Clement Coll and Bernie Wrightson books and setting them beside my Heinrich Kley books, pouring over their work. It's marvelous the power of line work. I recall visiting an exhibit at the Getty-- Gustav Klimt and the Magic of Line. Throughout the exhibit they demonstrated examples of his fluid line and I was smitten. What we can do with line is remarkable, so I'd like to bring that to my work as well.