Hell’s Metro Maps

I finally got around to finishing this. (Only took like 2 years) I think I did a decent job shifting the colours and the metallic pens catch the light really well. Some i drew this on onion skin over a grid, it lacks the grid lines that my other drawings have from drawing directly on the grid paper. This also means the paper is more transparent allowing it to be backlit better. However the onion skin did have its drawbacks. It shifted on the grid paper below so keeping perfect symmetry proved more difficult and there was many a line that does match its twin on the other side. It also shows the whiteout I used a few times very obviously when backlit. The onion skin also doesn’t soak on the ink as quickly so it took longer for each line to dry and this resulted in more smudging. But it should look cool and confuse people on how I drew it with no obvious gridlines showing. I don’t think the smudges and mistakes are obvious. Now just to frame it.

New metro map. Trying something new. Drawing it on onion skin over a sheet of grid paper. This way there won’t be a grid shown on the final piece.

I also feel like there some sort of eldritch deity within these lines. Probably demanding some sort of sacrifice and giving utter madness in return.

Update. It continues to climb.

After not working on this for months (years?) I filled in some more of it.

It’s been a bit slow at work. So this just sorta happens…🤷‍♂️

I’m debating how the next column should be. That be the next one I draw on the left of what’s there. Should I continue with the trend of each column being a new pattern? Or should I try mirroring what I have on the right of the “DNA ladders” column using the DNA column as the axis of reflection.

4 axis symmetry lines, 4”x4”. Traced and cleaned up digitally.

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A bored at work doodle.

It grew a bit more as my boredom went unimpeded. Also a pic with all the edges per @gardening-tea-lesbian request