The preparations are underway this morning for today's Inktober challenge. The Inktober prompt suggestion for the 17th is Swollen. My initial idea was to draw a swollen black eye, but I didn't feel like drawing an eye this morning so I looked up the word in the dictionary to see if I could get a few more ideas going.
a past participle of swell.
- to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
- Pathology. to increase abnormally in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like...
Source: https://inktober.com/rules/
I have decided to get out my ink pens and join in with Inktober, you can find more details about Inktober on the website: https://inktober.com/.
The first part of the today's process involved candle wax and a piece of bent wire and a cigarette lighter.
If you want to see some of my previous ink illustrations check out DWELLING, an illustrated crime novel collaboration between myself and fellow Steemian 
