Through these text art projects, I developed my skills with a gel pen and drawing detailed objects with ink. I learned how to use the gel pen to draw, not just to make highlights. Using black ink and white pen added contrast to my piece. Looking for images for the above drawing actually helped me with wing proportions and inspired me to do some other wing-related art.
For this text piece, I used white pen to make the peachy yellow shade lighter and more realistic. I also used gray Prismacolor to shade in the moon and make it look punchier. The stars were gel pen and actually represent real constellations that you can see in the winter sky in the Northern Hemisphere.
Both of these projects encouraged me to continue doing poems in my book and to finish it.
Both of these projects encouraged me to continue doing poems in my book and to finish it.