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Editor's Note I have recently completed my 20th year as editor of this magazine. I'll always be grateful for this opportunity and for Wesleyan's willingness to entrust me with the assignment when I had never previously edited any magazine. I had a lot to learn in a hurry, and one of the first things I learned was that a magazine is perpetually a work in progress. It can be better. Always. But what does better actually mean? Is it a metric defined by reader interest, In the online world we're spoiled by the avalanche of data at our fingertips. We know exactly how many people have read a particular article or watched a video, and much more besides. The opposite is true in the world of our print magazine. Without extensive surveying don't worry you're not going to get a survey with every magazines, we have no idea how many people are reading a particular article. Wesleyan's occasional broad-based surveys have included a few questions about magazine readership and have consistently shown that the magazine is widely read by alumni and parents. That's comforting but doesn't provide much guidance for improving our work.

content INKTOBER 04-05 This month's theme is all about ink JUST BETWEEN ARTIST I love the process of seeing an image in my mind and turning it into something everyone can see and understand. Supply Tools 06-07 Uprage Your Skills A STUDIO 14-15 20-21 Tattoos Style Calligraphy Style CREATIVE CONFFETIONS The base, the simplest, the beginning all contains geometry. Artists featured 08 Manelle Oliphant 09 Maria Nechaeva 18 Rick Shaefer 19 Miles Yoshida If you want to be a next-level artist, learning technique is only the beginning.

ART The Rules Of Inktober Every day, Multiple Subject One Media, 4 Make a drawing using ink. Post it online. We recommend Instagram, Twitter, Artist Jake Parker wanted to improve Facebook, etc... his ink skills and develop good drawing Make sure you use the hashtags inktober or habits - we all know how easy it is to inktober2021 with your drawing so that other artists stop drawing, You put down that pencil can easily find and see your ink drawings. and before you know it, months have Repeat each day throughout October. gone by So, he came up with the idea of doing 1 ink drawing per day for the The rules are fairly relaxed. After all, art is all about entire month of October. He then posted being creative The main thing is that you draw daily. each one on Instagram which started It's all about consistency. Try to make good drawing the Inktober trend habits. You can ink digitally if you prefer, or it can be a piece of lettering, calligraphy, typography... Or a story or poem. As long as you're creating a mark, i's all about unleashing your creativity on a daily basis. Youcanusearangeormedia,including marker pens and watercolours, but keep it simple. After all, you are going to have to create a drawing a da Try and limit yourself to white paper, black ink and one colour. Simplicity is key Inktober Official Prompt Lists If you're a bit stuck on what to draw, the last couple of Inktober years has seen a Official Inktober 2021 Prompt List created by Jake Parker. You can follow the Inktober 2021 Prompt List to spark off your imagination, or you can just create your own thing. If using the Prompt List, it is a good idea to include the relevant hashtag.

vv As this challenge arises the knowledge required does too Make a drawing using ink. Post it online. We recommend Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc... Make sure you use the hashtags inktober or inktober2021 with your drawing so that other artists can easily find and see your ink drawings. Repeat each day throughout October. Recommended book for any artist Summary PEN AND INK DRAWING WORKBOOK is perfect for anyone looking for a book that provides lots of practice for developing and refining ink drawing skills and technique. It is appropriate for learners on all levels and is filled with over 100 engaging drills and exercises. The exercises in this comprehensive workbook are thoughtfully designed to take you from the essential elements like pen control, line consistency, basic strokes and variations to more advanced concepts such as, blending values, controlling gradations, shading compound forms, and rendering textures. It covers all the major pen and ink shading techniques including cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling, and more. In addition, there are 30 inspiring drawing exercises on a variety of subjects, which allows you to draw right inside the book. This book is the complementary workbook for PEN AND INK DRAWING A SIMPLE GUIDE. However, it can still be used on its own as a general workbook for refining your skills and helping you to create stunning ink drawings with confidence 5

Making The Distinctive Every artist needs a good fineliner Heavy grade, roughly textured If you want to be a next-level artist, The Winsor, Newton Black Fineliners, watercolour paper is useful for learning technique is only the Pentel Pointliners and Sakura Pigma making corrections. Rough paper beginning. Micron Fineliner Pens are all good makes it easier to lift off the ink first choices for your Inktober drawings. use a moist brush to absorb excess Your drawings need to Available in a range of nib sizes, ink and then flood the area with express your own personal style these fineliners are waterproof, clean water. After this it is safe to blot and say, Hey, it's ME. permanent, fade proof and will not to absorb any remaining unwanted bleed. I you want to know more ink. If you blot it straight away, the Start about choosing the right fineliner ink will get into the paper. When all pen for you, then take a look at our else fails, resort to the white ink pot. review on the best fineliner pens Go for a walk, take a bath or do Nope, that's not a joke. You know how whatever you need to so you can people say they come up with their bust out of your routine. Your brain best ideas in the shower, Channel processes ideas during this time that spontaneous creativity, and put off, and the break can make you a down the pen and ink for a second. better artist. 6

Most Of It's When it comes to ink, there is a lot ou've finished a sketch that Properties of choice. We love Winsor Newton you're proud of, but now what's DrawingInksbecausethecoloursare The pencil lines are faint and To develop a signature style, you'll fluid and vibrant. These transparent unimpressive, and there are still need to look at tons of artwork and inks are available in 26 colours and small mistakes visible on the page. experiment like crazy. The good can be used with a brush, airbrush The next step in the process of news Doing those things is fun, or dip pen. finalizing your drawing is to ink exciting and a giant creativity boost. it. Inking is done when an artist Or, if you prefer acrylic inks then goes over the lines they used to Easy Daler Rowney FW Acrylic Inks are a produce a rough sketch with thick, good choice or for a more opaque dark ink to make it more distinct. ink, try System 3 Acrylic Inks. Once you've inked a drawing and used techniques like hatching and For a liquid watercolour ink that shading to add dimension, it will produces watercolour effects, you practically jump off the page with might like Ecoline Inks. There are its bold expressiveness. also a range of Ecoline Brush Pens roud of, but now what's The pencil which work great with the Inks. lines are faint and unimpressive, and there are still small mistakes ou've finished a sketch that you're proud of, but now what's The pencil lines are faint and unimpressive, and there are still small mistakes visible on the page. The next step in the process of finalizing your drawing is to ink it. Inking is done when an artist goes over the lines they used to produce a rough sketch with it 7

Manelle Oliphant I'm thrilled you've come to look at my work. I am a narrative illustrator and fantasy artist. I love the process of seeing an image in my mind and turning it into something everyone can see and understand. If I had to tell you my favorite things to draw which I don't, but I'm going to anyway, it would be the fantastical, historical, or any story with quirky or fun characters. Of course, all three of those things would be amazing Feel free to browse through my portfolio or click over to the about page for more information on me and my work. 8

I am an illustrator who is inspired by wildlife, architectureandtravelling. Mixing cuteness with humour quite a lot. In my creative practice. I mostly focus on editorial illustrations, the souvenir imagery and customised artworks. Maria Nechaeva 9

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INK STAMPS Today, artists think of stamping as Because of oils debilitating dry The mail art movement, which was using a rubber or acrylic stamp to time, it's possible that litharge lead founded in the 1940s, began the apply ink to a surface. However, monoxide, often used in ceramic creation of what we now know stamping has a history that dates glazing was added to help speed as the modern decorative rubber to ancient times, with printing ink that process up. Over time, other stamp industry. Mail art's creation and rubber being a relatively recent vegetable oils were used, in trial and is credited to American artist Ray invention in it error. By using heat and vegetable Johnson, who began to experiment oils rich in fatty acids, the dry time with correspondence art around The oldest use of .was also shortened 1943, although the term mail art an actual tool resembling a stamp didn't come into use until the 1960s is an application that commonly In the 19th century didn't use ink the seal. Today, seals the addition of petroleum distillate Artists who created mail art traded - usually in wax are mostly used for (a solvent) shortened the dry time small scale pieces of art via the decorative Along with the invention even more. This discovery was very mail, and began using decorative oftheblock,forprinting,animportant important in the invention of color rubber stamps in their art in a sister-invention that has made the printing inks. Because of petroleum mimicking of the postal service's evolution of stamping as we know distillate's excessive use in ink cancellation stamps. Although it it today possible - and that's ink, making waned in popularity with the arrival specifically intended for printing of the internet in the 1990s, the and stamping a new way to create inks practice continues to this day was sought after during a petroleum Once created, the ink shortage in the 1970s, which led to Postcards are a currently popular had to sit the eventual creation of water and form of mail art, due both to pigment based inks. Ink pads, which their simplicity of form and their for at least a year came in tins with pre-inked pads that affordability in an age of rising soaked up and held ink, not unlike postage Although today the two When the Gutenberg ink pads today, could be purchased activities are both considered an press was invented back in the, earlier than the turn of the 20th integral part of the papercrafting, 1450, books were printed with an century. Another option, popularly rubber of stamps were not used oilbasedinkspreadwhich wastricky, used in commercial stamping, much in memory keeping during slippery, and did not dry quickly. was mixing the ink oneself, with a the early days of the scrap booking these original inks were created concentrated bottle of the pigment boom that started in the 1990s. with linseed oil and stuck easily to and a separate bottle of the solvent It wasn't until about a decade ago, the metal surfaces of the press in as scrapbookers began to discover .order to create a clean print card making, that the rubber stamps 12



HOW TO DESIGN GEOMETRIC TATTOOS: A LOOK INTO SACRED GEOMETRY Geometry is more than just math, it As a tattoo style, sacred geometry the molecules of DNA, they all involves the entire universe. Shapes gained huge popularity as in the take geometry into our lives and make up everything we know in the 2012. Denizhan believes this is no minds. The base, the simplest, the tangible world, and more recently, coincidence that there's a major beginning all contains geometry. sacred geometry has fused with The style is also heavily rooted in the tattooing to create a style of tattoo WHAT IS SACRED mathematics ,Maths and systems that’s quickly rising in popularity. GEOMETRY love to create geometric shapes. Geometric tattooing isn’t the latest We can see the examples in history, style to hit mainstream tattooing, but it might have the most meaning the molecules of DNA, they all KEY ELEMENTS behind it. We looked into what, take geometry into our lives and OF GEOMETRIC exactly, sacred geometry is, how to minds. The base, the simplest, the incorporate it into your tattoo design, beginning all contains geometry. and the key elements that make a The style is also heavily rooted in the Geometrictattoosareeasilyidentified design a geometric one. Read on to mathematics ,Maths and systems on first glance no matter what their specific patterns are. As Denizhan find out more about sacred geometry love to create geometric shapes. explains,It's all about the forms, in etc. The buildings we live them We can see the examples in history, and feelings through them. We dont such as the tree of life symbols in dimensions, vision and perception. always see geometry. We can feel it, Gobeklitepe, the rectangular shape These designs are usually minimal find it, get surprised with it and have of Parthenon temple in Athens, etc. or simple, and typically include The buildings we live in, the sun, the a repeating design. A geometric fun with it As a tattoo style, sacred geometry planets, the photos, they are all in tattoo will always, obviously, involve a geometric shape of some kind. Thats gained huge popularity as in the geometric shapes temple in Athens, really all that's needed for a tattoo 2012. Denizhan believes this is no etc. The buildings we live in, the sun, coincidence that there's a major the planets, the photos, they are all design to be considered geometric 14

WHERE TO START WITH YOUR DESIGN Try not to overthink when you're so less is always more with sacred THINGS TO coming up with a geometric tattoo geometry. Think of a feeling you want design idea. Denizhan believes that to express with your tattoo, and your CONSIDER WITH the simplicity behind geometric chosen artist can take it from there. GEOMETRIC tattoos is what makes them so You can take inspiration for a Sacred geometry can be used to appealing,Geometricdesignsstarted make up an entire design, or it can to take more place in our lives with geometricpatterndesignfromliterally be used alongside other styles to simplicity and minimalism. With those anywhere, because it’s present in finish or connect designs. Denizhan trends we got rid of chaotic things, everything. You may simply like the prefers to use geometric shapes to and got interested in the simplest and attach my designs to the skin, to get clearest so that way we can express look of a certain geometric design, rid of clear outlines, to get a feeling ourselves. This style is the opposite but there’s always a deeper meaning of infinity, and, mostly, to make of any something chaotic like Trash behind it, as Denizhan explains, “It’s designs that repeat. If you want a Polka, so Geometric tattoos are easily something that is believed to keep larger tattoo in this style, keep in identified on first glance no matter mind that repetition is an important what their specific patterns are. As the knowledge of the universe in it. component, so choose a shape that Denizhan explains,It's all about it It’s The possibilities are endless, so you like looking at, or that resonates don’t be afraid to think outside the literal and figurative box when you’re with you on a spiritual level. thinking of an idea for your next geometric tattoo. Geometric tattoo designs can be any shape, go anywhereonyourbody,and can be combined with any other style to create a one of a kind design that you’re guaranteed to love for life. There are no limitations to sacred geometry, quite the opposite,sothekeywiththis kind of design is expressing yourself through the forms you choose for inking. The possibilities are endless, so don’t be afraid to think outside the literal and figurative box when you’re thinking of an idea for your next geometric tattoo. Made By: Yomico Moreno 15

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Rick Shaefer I tend to always come back to the line work. I find what I respond to and admire in other artists, work, past or present, is usually the integrity of the line whether it's a single stroke or a mass of scribble in the shadows. If the marks are put down with validity and assurance they will resonate and the piece will vibrate. False or uneasy notes stand out and unsettle and even demoralize. A confident fluidity of movement and gesture is what is consciously and unconsciously felt and appreciated by the viewer. At least that is how I respond to a work. 18

As person and an artist, I must confess that I'm in a perpetual state of being lost. Often, I have a subtle, nagging feeling like I'm living in someone else's body, never fully in control, like I'm in a streaming movie where the audio and video aren't quite synced up properly. It's most likely the result of being too self-aware and self-critical, but I've been that way my entire life. Art is one of the few things that distract me from that sensation, allowing me to focus solely on the task at hand while offering temporary relief. Maria Nechaeva 19

Basics Of Calligraphy Calligraphy, or the art of writing, Yet the limitation of the written was the visual art form prized above Chineselanguageisalsoitsstrength. all others in traditional China. The Unlike written words formed from genres of painting and calligraphy alphabets, Chinese characters emerged simultaneously, sharing convey more than phonetic sound identical tools namely, brush and or semantic meaning. Traditional ink. Yet calligraphy was revered as a writings about calligraphy suggest fine art long before painting indeed, that written words play multiple roles it was not until the Song dynasty, not only does a character denote when painting became closely specific meanings, but its very form allied with calligraphy in aim, form, should reveal itself to be a moral and technique, that painting shed exemplar, as well as a manifestation its status as mere craft and joined of the energy of the human body the higher ranks of the fine arts and the vitality of nature itself. The elevated status of calligraphy Consider two Tang-dynasty texts Calligraphy by those good in brush reflects the importance of the word that describe calligraphy in human strength has much bone. that by in China. This was a culture devoted terms, both physical and moral. those not good in brush strength to the power of the word. From the Here, the properly written character has much flesh. Calligraphy that has beginning, emperors asserted their assumes the identity of a Confucian much bone but slight flesh is called authority for posterity as well as sage, strong in backbone, but spare sinew-writing that with much flesh for the present by engraving their in flesh but slight bone is called ink-pig. own pronouncements on mountain Calligraphy with much strength and sides and on stone stelea erected at A written character rich in sinew is of sagelike quality outdoor sites. In pre-modern China, should stand, balanced that with neither strength nor sinew scholars, whose main currency is sick. Every writer proceeds in was the written word, came to on all four sides accordance with the manifestation assume the dominant positions in of his digestion and respiration of government, society, and culture. Calligraphy by those good in brush energy. From Bizhentu llustrations of strength has much bone. that by Brush Stroke Strategies, 7th century But in addition to the central role those not good in brush strength played by the written word in has much flesh. Calligraphy that has Other writings on calligraphy use traditional Chinese culture, what much bone but slight flesh is called nature metaphors to express the makes the written language sinew-writing that with much flesh sense of wonder, the elemental distinctive is its visual form. Learning but slight bone is called ink-pig. power, conveyed by written words how to read and write Chinese Calligraphy with much strength and is difficult because there is no rich in sinew is of sagelike quality And so, despite its abstract alphabet or phonetic system. Each that with neither strength nor sinew appearance, calligraphy is not an written Chinese word is represented is sick. Every writer proceeds in abstract form. Chinese characters by its own unique symbol, a kind accordance with the manifestation are dynamic, closely bound to the of abstract diagram known as a of his digestion and respiration of forces of nature and the kinesthetic character, and so each word must energy. From Bizhentu llustrations of energies of the human body. But be learned separately through a Brush Stroke Strategies, 7th century these energies are contained within laborious process of writing and a balanced framework supported rewriting the character till it has been by the strong skeletal structure memorized. To read a newspaper whose equilibrium suggests moral requires a knowledge of around rectitude, indeed, that of the writer 3,000 characters a well-educated himself. person is familiar with about 5,000 20

How can a simple character convey But expressive as in the calligraphy Yet the limitation of the written all this The use of brush and ink has is, it is also an art of control. A Chineselanguageisalsoitsstrength. much to do with it. The seeming counterbalance of the order and Unlike written words formed from simplicity of the tools is belied by dynamism is the manifested in all alphabets, Chinese characters the complexity of effects. aspects of it's orignals Chinese convey more than phonetic sound writing. In traditional Chinese texts, or semantic meaning. Traditional A multiplicity of effect is words are arranged in vertical writings about calligraphy suggest produced in part by varying the columns that are read from right that written words play multiple roles consistency and amount of ink to left. Traditional texts have no not only does a character denote carried by the brush. Black ink is punctuation nor are proper nouns specific meanings, but its very form formed into solid sticks or cakes visually distinguishable from other should reveal itself to be a moral that are ground in water on a stone words. The orderly arrangement exemplar, as well as a manifestation surface .1981.120.1a-c to produce a of characters is inherent in each of the energy of the human body liquid. The calligrapher can control individualcharacteraswell.Onedoes and the vitality of nature itself. the thickness of the ink by varying not write characters in haphazard both the amount of water and fashion an established stroke order Consider two Tang-dynasty texts the solid ink that is ground. Once ensures that a character is written that describe calligraphy in human he starts writing, by loading the exactly the same way each time. terms, both physical and moral. brush sometimes with more ink, This not only makes the formidable Here, the properly written character sometimes with less, by allowing the task of memorization easier, but assumes the identity of a Confucian ink to almost run out before dipping ensures that each character will sage, strong in backbone, but spare the brush in the ink again, he creates be written with a sense of balance in flesh 21

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