Pen and ink

Dinosaur’s Dream

This is for the Dinosaur Show at the Henning Cultural Center on May 9th.

15″ x 11″ Ink, gouache, and posca pens on paper.

April 30, 2013 | Categories: Art, dinosaur, fountain pen, illustration, johnathan martel, Pen and ink, pen nib, posca pen, psychedelic, skull, surrealism | Tags: art, dinosaur, illustration, Ink, johnathan martel, markers, mushroom, psychedelic, skull, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Ink horse

Here is a new piece that will be going up in a gallery in Lafayette LA along with a couple others. Ink on paper, 22″ x 28″.

April 11, 2013 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: black and white, horse, ink and brush | Leave A Comment »

Long time no see

So I’ve been a lazy shit about updating lately. I’m gonna try to be better about that. I’ve got a lot of new things coming up. So to start back up here is a sketch testing out a new koh-I-noor pen.

April 9, 2013 | Categories: Art, black and white, johnathan martel, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: black and white, pen and ink, Sketch, surreal | 1 Comment »

Mamma bird and her eggs

Testing out my new broad nib for my lamy fountain pen.

March 17, 2013 | Categories: Art, black and white, fountain pen, illustration, lamy, mokeskine, moleskine sketchbook, Pen and ink, pen nib | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, lamy safari, pen and ink | Leave A Comment »

More adventure time with Sir Slicer

More adventure time ink. Sir Slicer is one of my favorite antagonists so I had to give him a shot.

January 22, 2013 | Categories: adventure time, Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, sketchbook | Tags: Adventure time, art, illustration, ink and brush, sir slicer | Leave A Comment »

What time is it?

Here are a couple roughs for some adventure time pieces for a show at the warhaus gallery in Houston.

January 16, 2013 | Categories: adventure time, Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, johnathan martel, Pen and ink, sketchbook | Tags: Adventure time, art, fan art, illustration, ink and brush, lumpy space princess, princess bubblegum | Leave A Comment »

Finished colors

Here are the colors I added to the inks from my last post.

December 11, 2012 | Categories: Art, digital, illustration, Pen and ink, photoshop, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, digital art, illustration, photoshop, psychedelic, surreal | 2 Comments »

Poster inks

Inks for a local show poster.

December 6, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Pen and ink, poster, psychedelic, science fiction | Tags: Afro, art, pen and ink, poster, psychedelic | Leave A Comment »

Headdress

I put some previews of this up earlier, but I haven’t shown the final product yet. Ink on paper, 22″ x 22″.

November 5, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black & white, girl, illustration, Ink, ink and brush, pen & ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

New thing

Ink and Posca paint pens.

October 27, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, posca pen, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, Ink, podcast pens, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Current

Another recently finished ink piece. 15″ x 22″ on arches watercolor paper.

October 22, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, posca pen, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, Ink, ink and brush, paper | 3 Comments »

Friday night art party

Crazy Friday night. Using dip pen with black ink and white gouache.

October 20, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, gouache, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, posca pen, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, dip nib, Gouache, illustration, Ink | Leave A Comment »

Finished

Finished this big ink piece. About 99% of this was done with a nib and the rest with a flat brush, using dr. Martin’s black star matte ink.

October 12, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, psychedelic, sci fi, science fiction, surrealism | Tags: art, illustration, Ink, nib pen, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal | 1 Comment »

On the drawing board

What I’m working on right now.

October 9, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, Ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Playing with ink.

Playing with watercolor paper and ink.

October 7, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, Uncategorized | Tags: art, illustration, ink and brush | Leave A Comment »

Armor

More ink.

October 5, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, surrealism | Tags: art, pen and ink, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Inking with a flat calligraphy nib.

An experiment inking with a flat nib.

October 4, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, pen nib, Uncategorized | Tags: art, black and white, girl, illustration, Ink, nib | Leave A Comment »

Tonight’s sketch

Brush pen on paper

October 4, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, science fiction, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, Ink, ink and brush, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Another detail shot

More progress.

September 25, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, illustration, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

On the drawing board at the moment.

Sneak peek at what I’m working on at the moment.

September 24, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, sci fi, surrealism | Tags: art, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal, work in progress | 1 Comment »

Another ink piece in the same vein.

September 9, 2012 | Categories: Art, illustration, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, illustration, pen & ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

more pen and ink stuff.

September 8, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, illustration, Ink and Brush, Pen and ink, psychedelic, surrealism | Tags: art, black and white, brush, illustration, ink & brush, pen and ink, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

I am no fun at bars

I am No no fun.

September 2, 2012 | Categories: Art, black and white, hand lettering, illustration, Ink and Brush, mokeskine, moleskine sketchbook, Pen and ink, psychedelic, sketchbook, surrealism | Tags: Antisocial, art, ink & brush, monster, surreal | Leave A Comment »

crow

My son requested a demonic crow when I asked him what kind of monster I should draw while we watched Netflix. I took the ink crow into photoshop for some color and this is the final result.

September 1, 2012 | Categories: Art, crow, illustration, Ink and Brush, monster, Pen and ink, photoshop, psychedelic | Tags: art, crow, illustration, ink & brush, monster, photoshop, psychedelic, surreal | Leave A Comment »

Johnathan Martel's Art and stuff. Collected here are drawings of girls, monsters, bugs, fish, and whatever else is rattling around my head at the moment pen hits paper.