Some asked if I did commissions. “If someone asks and they understand that time is money.”
Then they said “spiderweb.” They had my attention. That’s a negative space project where what you don’t draw is more important than what you do draw.
I went looking for a video to see how other people might be handling it but found nothing. Tried looking for pen and ink examples from professionals and also came up empty. I have found a hole in the internet. I hate holes in the internet.
Rough draft to prove out some concepts. I learned a few things from this and will use them on a second draft. I might have to go bigger and darker to get it right. And it needs more foreground. But it’s a fully finished rough, so I have that going for me. Which is something.
If you know of high skill examples or have any suggestions I want them in the comments.
Maybe you could find a way to cut thin strips of masking tape for the web so that you could render the background and then remove the mask?
I did consider that but tape would catch the pen tip causing all kinds of artifacts. I considered maybe using a high gloss board and painting the web in a thin wax. Then melt the wax off when done. But the wax would have to be almost plastic in hardness to avoid gumming the pen tip. And that would create both a nightmare for application and removal.
But I like that you are pondering it.