In October 2017 I came across an internet blog challenge for a story written in two sentences. I wrote a story. Liking the format, I did another one. Another one. And another.
Quite a few stories later, I had enough for a book. Not only did I have stories, but I had written a short poem and created a brush and India ink illustration for each one as well.
The result was Minuscule, published in 2018. I’m now going to show you the book illustrations as an ongoing feature on this blog, once a week. I’ll link back to the story (they have been published one by one on my poetry blog).
If you want to hold the entire book in your hand, the print version is available on Amazon.
“Biology” is the title of the story. Look here to read it.
I remember the delight of that story! What a great embodiment in your lines. (K)
Thank you. Once again I credit the wonderful bamboo brush and India ink. Magic in the hand.
I paint almost exclusively with a sumi brush now. I haven’t done ink drawings for awhile though. But the brush is indeed magic.
I also use the brush for doing the colors on my clay work (I somewhat water down the underglazes to get the runny consistency that works) and I feel it’s made a huge difference in my work.
I remember really enjoying the B movie vibe of the story and this illustration perfectly captures the image I had in my mind’s eye.
Thank you. You mention B movies, I am happy you saw this story this way because I love B movies and especially with monsters.