David Petersen Mouse Guard Sketch Card

What are hte inkwell awards? Have you ever noticed that the work of a particular inker adds that extra flair or polish to the jobs they do and you find yourself pumped to discover that a favorite story or series of yours is being inked by this artist and not someone else? If so, this is where we'd like you to express your appreciation for that quality work.

But, like almost everyone in the community, we do it for the passion for the art form. And while most industry awards have a 'best or 'favorite inker' category (but not all) we'd like to draw recognition here for the ink artist, his craft, and his history. This has been, through various efforts, my intent for a while now and it was in my upcoming inkblots column in blue line pro's sketch magazine #35 (march) that i came up with a much smaller-scale version of the inkwell awards you see here (and we truly want to certify that we make these gestures without any intended malice or agenda against any specific publisher or their editors). It was after seeking input from my inking brothers no the yahoo 'inkwell' mailing list that some more ideas developed and i proceeded to gather others who shared my passion and concept and restructure the awards together.