Why ink?
I’ve always loved drawing on paper.
Then my drawing moved to screens. iPad, Procreate, undo. I loved it. But now a machine can make a picture in four seconds, and people started asking if a computer made mine.
So I’m putting down the stylus and picking up the pen.
Ink doesn’t undo. Every line stays, mistakes too, and you draw your way out of them.
When I get a few minutes, I roll a prompt and draw it with whatever pen and paper are close. Some I film start to finish, some I just photograph. Every one is proof of life: a person made this by hand.
The doodles are the practice. Outside of Ink Method I make other things too. All of it by hand. None of it undone.
Justin Weinmann
See my work at justinweinmann.com
Contact
Roll it. Draw it. Post it.
- Get a prompt. Tap the dice for a random one, or tap This week’s prompt. Everyone gets the same weekly prompt, Monday to Sunday.
- Draw everything on the card. Use whatever’s close: a notebook, a sticky note, the back of a receipt. A shape, a thing, a way to shade, and a twist. They all go in.
- Post it. Write the code in a corner and share it with #inkmethod. See what others drew →
The rules
- Rule 1 Your drawing must include everything on the card.
- Rule 2 Use your imagination and fill the page.
- Rule 3 Nothing but ink. Any pen counts. No pencil first, no eraser.
- Rule 4 Only on some cards: no references. Draw it from your head.
The codes
Every prompt has a six-character code. Type a code from a video or someone’s drawing into the code box and you get the exact same prompt.
Watch
Some pieces get filmed from the first line to the last. Watch along on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.
The pieces
Every piece starts from a prompt, and its code lets you draw the same one.
Draw with me.
Any pen. Any paper. A few minutes. Roll a prompt, or enter a code.