Drawing for Dwelling -Mioko's Desk

Monitoring the monitor

I'm sharing with you the process of how I created 'Mioko's Desk', an illustration for Chapter Twenty One of Doug Karr's amazing novel Dwelling.

Jake looked over Mioko's shoulder as she labored at a monitor in his self-aggrandizing--if nearly unaffordable--midtown corner office. Her hand rapidly manipulated color adjustments on a photo of two emaciated models in native African states of undress, their lips so close, their next move would involve swapping spittle.

Chapter Twenty One of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

The process of creating the drawing

Areas of the paper were masked off to create the space above Mioko's desk and the different sections of Mioko's corkboard. Ink washes were applied to create subtle tones.

Lines and details were added using a fine brush, dip pen and drawing ink.

It was a familiar refrain in the photographer's studio; Jake scrutinized as Mioko adjusted his work.

"My God, that props stylist was absolute fucking garbage, wasn't she? Look at that hut. Looks like a lean-to built by hobos after downing a case of Listerine. I could've built ten times that hut. Stupid cow."

Chapter Twenty One of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

Close-ups of the details in the picture

"Speaking of hobos."

He pulled a black and white photo of a junkie on the nod from the corkboard above Mioko's computer.

"Little Miss Old School," he said with the usual touch of a sneer. "You're the only person I know who keeps pouring chemicals. Still got that second rent-controlled pad for a darkroom?"

Chapter Twenty One of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

'Mioko's Desk'

Ink on paper

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