Drawing for Dwelling -Light

A light in the dark

In this post you can see the illustration 'Light' that I created for Chapter Thirty Four of @dougkarr's amazing novel Dwelling.

The Ogre stood on the rooftop edge looking out as darkness descended on the powerless city.

Chapter Thirty Four of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

Creating an illustration for Dwelling

The image of the light bulb was drawn out in pencil, then masking fluid was applied to areas of the paper I wanted to keep white.

Washes of ink and water were added to the picture with a brush, building up layers of tone.

Finally, a dip pen and drawing ink was used to draw in some of the finer details on the light bulb and fitting.

Inside the structure’s entrance hall, the sound of an incandescent buzz not heard for days emitted from a ceiling bulb.

A spark of heat in the filament filled the bulb with luminous radiation.

The foyer lit up.

Chapter Thirty Four of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

'Light'

Ink on paper


You can read the 34th chapter of Doug Karr's novel Dwelling now!