OUIL404 - Shape and Texture

I started using different materials to make the shape and texture, using the media in different ways made different textures, using more water with the ink gave a more unpredictable and messy look.
I liked using small marks to create shape and texture rather than block colours, I think it worked well in the images below because it went well with the ink that I was using.

When I was doodling at work I started using a pen on the till roll and found that it gave different results with the pen than what using it on normal paper would. So I gathered some old receipts and experimented with shapes on there. I decided I wanted to simplify the shapes I was creating so I went for a more abstract approach, I wanted the general shape of a squid so that it was recognisable, I made sure to have some identifiable features that signified squid, such as the tentacles and the shape of the eyes. I wanted to create a simple shape so that it was easy to replicate.

I found that different pens gave different results and it was quite easy to create a texture by screwing up and making the receipts wet.

Using dry ink on the receipts also made a very different texture, although I was using the same ink it appeared a lot lighter on the receipt paper than on the normal sketchbook paper.