Pen and Ink Drawings

Pen and ink parrot

Pen and ink parrot

A client recently asked for someone to draw plant illustrations. It’s been some time since I’ve done these, but I used to make stippled pen and ink illustrations all the time. In fact, the parrot was my original company logo.

Here’s a selection of plants, animals, and a map done in this style.

Pen and Ink illustration of prairie plants

Pen and Ink map of French Indochina for history book © Houghton Mifflin

Pen and ink map of French Indochina (detail) © Houghton Mifflin

Pen and Ink flower illustrations

Pen and Ink flower illustrations

Pen and Ink puffin illustration

Pen and Ink puffin illustration

Section of hand-drawn physiographic map of Minnesota

Series of six hand-drawn diagrams showing the development of karst topography, glaciation, and subsequent erosion in southeastern Minnesota.