Drawing for Dwelling -Mioko at the Door

A knock at the door

In this post you can see the illustration 'Mioko a the door' that I created for Chapter Thirty Five of @dougkarr's amazing novel Dwelling.

A knock at the door. Then another.

She struggled to open her eyelids, raising a clammy bicep to shield the light.

Chapter Thirty-Five of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

The drawing 'Mioko a the door' was on display at the Crypto Renaissance exhibition in Brooklyn, New York in August 2018.

Creating an illustration for Dwelling

Areas of the paper were masked off , then the image of the Mioko at the door was drawn out in pencil.

Washes of ink and water were added to the picture with a brush, building up layers of tone.
Finally, a dip pen and drawing ink was used to draw in some of the finer details.

Mioko opened the door a crack without removing the drawn chain.

“What time is it?” she said, finding Dorian in her luminous hallway.

Chapter Thirty-Five of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

“What? Now?”

“Come on.”

She tried to ascertain if Dorian’s late night overture wasn’t some new trick, but in the newfound brightness, everything seemed relatively free of danger. She pulled back her chain.

Chapter Thirty-Five of Dwelling by Doug Karr.

'Mioko at the Door'

Ink on Paper

You can read the 35th chapter of Doug Karr's novel Dwelling now!

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Dwelling available on Amazon

I'm thrilled to announce that DWELLING, an illustrated crime novel collaboration between myself and fellow Steemian @dougkarr, set in New York’s Lower East Side, is now available in print and ePub.