A couple weeks ago [I shared "Day"](https://www.reddit.com/r/penandink/comments/1r91huj/this_is_my_largest_most_complex_ink_piece_to_date/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) (the last image). Today I want to show you its sibling: "Night". This one took even longer, but it was worth it. Hope you like it!

I built "Day" and "Night" to fit together, and they share a ton of stylistic and thematic elements, but each one represents a different side to the story. Where "Day" is light and noble and stoic and immovable, "Night" is dark and shaggy and frantic and chaotic. While in "Day" you had these billowing, clear clouds in the background (you can practically hear the soft wind across the grass), here you have a dark sky and a huge moon, shining down like a searchlight. A snitch, so it's impossible to escape.

I am really happy with how this one came out. And I am more convinced than ever that art made by hand, using real materials, bringing ideas into solid, tangible matter, is a very pure, completely honest, and beautiful experience. Yeah, it's a bit terrifying when you think: "If I fuck this line up, I'm gonna lose 30 hours of work", but in the end, I think it's worth it. Both for you and for me.

What do you folks think? If you have comments or questions, let me have them!

You folks liked "Day", here's "Night". With extra grass!