# My first attempt with ink

**URL:** <https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672>\
**Category:** Share Your Art\
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672 "2020-03-18T14:07:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Themattman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Themattman](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Themattman)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672/1 "2020-03-18T14:07:41Z")

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Hello everyone, I would like to share with you some ink art that i have been working on for a couple of months.  
Please let me know good or bad. Thanks

 ![IMG_0028](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/1X/c8b0bbb7fcdbcba3a5948b21e2dd7e9b7f37b653.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![sterlingsiam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/sterlingsiam/32/30_2.png) [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672/2 "2020-03-18T15:30:57Z")

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Hi Matthew! Welcome to the forum. I love your representation of this amazing creature. Seahorses are so interesting! It looks like you used stippling for this - what patience you must have! I think you have captured the seahorse perfectly. I like the shading on the stomach and the eye is really well done. The only thing I would have liked to see is the upturned tip to the end of the snout. That is only a personal preference of mine. I like that little upturned tip as I find it gives the seahorse its character. However, each artist renders subjects from their own perspective… well done! Thanks for sharing and I hope you share again. Patricia.  
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**Author:** ![Themattman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Themattman](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Themattman)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672/3 "2020-03-18T15:33:46Z")

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Thank you! I guess i may have over looked that part. I feel like i could have done more, but did not want to mess it up.

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**Author:** ![sterlingsiam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/sterlingsiam/32/30_2.png) [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672/4 "2020-03-19T01:20:13Z")

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Yes, I know what you mean. It is always wise to stop earlier rather than “oops” too late.

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**Author:** ![Dale](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/dale/32/1335_2.png) [@Dale](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Dale)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672/5 "2020-03-19T18:30:28Z")

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The only problem I see with it is that if you wanted to frame it (it is worth framing IMO) is that the tail goes all the way to the edge. A frame would cover even more of the image.

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**Author:** ![Shamr0ck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Shamr0ck](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Shamr0ck)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/my-first-attempt-with-ink/672/6 "2020-07-19T13:50:07Z")

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Wow! Very nice. I came to the Blog looking to see if someone was impressed as I was with Matt’s (the virtual instructor) pen and ink drawing of an Orchid. You seem to have grasped the technique!