Core-209 · Design
Black and White Scribble Design
Pen and Ink on Bristol Board · Fall 2026 · September 2026
Explore how expressive black-and-white mark-making can develop into a series of increasingly structured compositions. Beginning with spontaneous scribble lines, you will transform your work through cropping, symmetry, and radial symmetry. The project emphasizes experimentation, iteration, and careful handcraft using marker, pen and ink, and brush.
Project Gallery
Final project board showing the thorough exploration of line, composition, and symmetry through four , 4 in x 4 in, pen and ink abstract drawings.
First round of scribble explorations focusing on line quality and variation.
First round of scribble explorations focusing on line quality and variation.
First round of scribble explorations focusing on line quality and variation.
First round of scribble explorations focusing on line quality and variation.
Second round of scribble explorations, cropped and expanded portion of first round exploration.
Second round of scribble explorations, cropped and expanded portion of first round exploration.
Exploring lateral symmetry of cropped, expanded composition.
Exploring lateral symmetry of cropped, expanded composition.
Final round of explorations focusing on radial symmetries.