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WIP ink pen on paper. What should I do with the background? Black? Lines like etching, woodcut? Vertical lines? Crosshatch? Please advise!<\/p>\nWIP ink pen on paper. What should I do with the background? Black? Lines like etching, woodcut? Vertical lines? Crosshatch? Please advise!<\/p>\n
Art inspired by Julie Rabischung\u2019s prompt \u201cTwisted Tale<\/a>\u201d at this month\u2019s Sketchfest<\/a>.<\/p>\n Can you identify the story?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WIP ink pen on paper. What should I do with the background? Black? Lines like etching, woodcut? Vertical lines? Crosshatch? Please advise! Art inspired by Julie Rabischung\u2019s prompt \u201cTwisted Tale\u201d at this month\u2019s Sketchfest. Can you identify the story? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[259,267,258],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-wip","tag-ink-drawing","tag-storytelling","tag-tiny-tin-series"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8925-e1528314117975.jpg?fit=2448%2C2448&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-8H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":615,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/wip-not-cranky-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":539,"position":0},"title":"WIP \/\/ not cranky now","author":"Kir","date":"18 February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 That WIP that I started out of sheer crankiness. :) #whenyoufightwithyourkidaboutbedtime #badmood #feelbetternow #sillymom","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"partial image of dragon with ink line outline on reds and yellows watercolor","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/post_file.png?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/post_file.png?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/post_file.png?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/post_file.png?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":223,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/bombardier-wip-maybe\/","url_meta":{"origin":539,"position":1},"title":"Bombardier (WIP, maybe)","author":"Kir","date":"15 July 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bombardier For International Fairy Day; ink and graphite on 60(?) lb. smooth Piccadilly sketch paper. 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It's a miserable condition in which the esophagus loses its ability to move food along\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e4c09e5fa014f7757de18e45e17205a5.jpg?fit=820%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e4c09e5fa014f7757de18e45e17205a5.jpg?fit=820%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e4c09e5fa014f7757de18e45e17205a5.jpg?fit=820%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e4c09e5fa014f7757de18e45e17205a5.jpg?fit=820%2C1093&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":168,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/not-the-grinch-wip\/","url_meta":{"origin":539,"position":3},"title":"Not the Grinch (WIP)","author":"Kir","date":"25 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Not the Grinch (WIP)Ink and watercolor pencil on cheap watercolor paper. I digitally darkened him down a bit. Questions:* Should I apply water to the colored pencil? It tends to smooth and saturate the coors (good) but I have a heck of a lot of blending of colors (and two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Advice Wanted"","block_context":{"text":"Advice Wanted","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/advice-wanted\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1330,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/coloring-goodness-twisted-tale\/","url_meta":{"origin":539,"position":4},"title":"Coloring Goodness \/\/ Twisted Tale","author":"Kir","date":"21 May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The coloring page version of \"A Twisted Tale\", for patrons.","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"a portion of a ribbon with words on it. The words are excepts from a story, probably. 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