Crowd scene in ink

2024-07

Crowd scene in ink, 2024 — cartoon by Ray Patrick

B&W, Mersh, ROTC, Cartoons

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Subject

The same crowd carried through to ink. Dozens of caricatured faces press up the sheet, a cart is being pushed through the middle of them, and two balloons at the top carry the shout that is driving the whole scene — somebody is about to drop the ice cream.

Composition

The picture is set on the page as a tilted rectangle with the corners left bare, so the crowd appears to lean. The cart drives a diagonal up from the bottom left, which is the only straight line in a sheet made of heads.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Fine pen throughout, with solid black used only in a few jackets and in the lettering, so the mass of faces stays legible. Every face is individually worked.

Medium and support

Ink on paper.

Signature

No signature visible within the drawn area.

From the artist:

Some inks… lots of ester eggs Riley bill dauterive and more Smile, it's Friday