“then one day he said to me, ‘I am not the dread pirate Rory'”

Continuing with the theme of mashing Rory the Dragon up with famous figures we have Rory as the Dread Pirate Roberts… though this is a mask he has been donning since his infancy.

This was done with india ink/quill on cardstock. I’m happy to go back to my roots and to pick up the quill again. The precision of the quill amazes me, it’s been so long since I have dipped my quill my reserve was dried out. I of course have a huge bottle of india ink as a back up to refill.

I suggest you click on the image to expand to see all of the cross hatching I did, I think it came out really nice.  There is something about using the traditional tools that you will never get with the digital variations.  A lot of people do this style of drawing now with a stylus and a tablet, and it’s something that I strive to master myself, but it will never fully replace ink, paints, pencil and all of the other materials.