A short introduction to my world. More to come! An A3 Commissioned Ink drawing I'm working on.

Hello everyone! I would like to express my gratitude to the Steemit community for being so welcoming, respectful, fun and extremely helpful. I fell in love with the overall concept immediately and cannot wait for the furthering of it! So, I know I’m a little late to the community but that’s alright… each to their own.    

My name is Mark but in my art world I sign MaxiM. If you're wondering why MaxiM... don't worry that story will be shared here one day soon. I’m currently studying in The Hague, Netherlands but originally I’m from Basel, Switzerland and Chicago, USA (although I've never been there for more than a few weeks at a time). Having moved here in February of last year I’ve had quite some time to get accustomed to how things are in the Netherlands and I must say it’s a beautiful, diverse and open-minded country to say the least. Throughout the last year I’ve been avidly working on my art every day. I’ve been trying my very best to fit in as much creative work as possible on top of my studies and general life things. 

Nature has always been a great source of inspiration to me, from the moment I could walk I loved being outside in parks. Jumping in to piles of leaves and playing in sandboxes. So, it almost seems normal that my creative impulses blossom under similar circumstances. Drawing lines has been one of my favourite forms of creativity because you don’t have a clue where the next line could take you. One idea leads to the next and you end up with a complex array of what I like to call beautiful chaos.    

Today I’ve been working on the commission pictured below. I’m quite proud of the detail I can draw onto it using my Rotring Rapidograph 0.1mm pen. Having worked for 25 hours to date it is the most time I have spent on one, roughly A3-sized piece. I have included some detailed shots of the piece as well so you can get a real feel for the detail of the piece. Please excuse the mess :) I know it may not seem like it but it is an organised mess ;)

Here's what the piece looked like before I started working in the detailed tangles.

I usually go about my larger pieces in sections, especially when it has to be the same on all four six or eight sides...

With great patience comes progress...

Here's a close up shot of a finished section...

I would very much appreciate it if anyone could link me to a resource revolving around posting images on Steemit. I've figured it out for now but I would like to know the ins and outs. Thank you so much for reading this far, it means a lot to me to have people all over the place, that are genuinely interested in what I have to share. I hope you have a fantastic day/night. 

- MaxiM