Ink Blot Art

Ink blot art might seem silly and juvenile. It is silly and maybe a bit juvenile, but who cares? If you’re feeling stuck creatively, then it’s worth it to let loose and do silly things to snap out of it. There’s even an artist that I know of who gained a decent YouTube following doing daily ink blot monsters.

His name is Stefan G. Bucher. He’s got twelve thousand subscribers and some of his 1–2 minute Monster a Day videos have more than 200,000 views. He’s nearing 3,000,000 total views for his collection of videos.

Not bad for “juvenile” art, right?

He doesn’t mention what supplies he uses, but I’ve done ink blot creations myself after watching his videos.

All I needed were the following items:

• Black ink
• Air duster
• Black Sharpie
• Black rollerball or black gel pens (for detail)
• White gel pen (optional)
• Colored markers or pencils (optional)
• And paper, of course (thicker paper is better)

All of these items can be found in your local office supply store. Start off with a small amount of black ink on your paper, enough so that it doesn’t absorb into the paper right away. Then use your air duster to blow the ink into completely random trails. You’ll probably want to experiment with this. Short vs longer blasts of air, blowing the ink in different directions, etc. You can gently blot up some…