Raymond Cicin: Ballpoint Octopus

As a response to his artist friends insulting the trusty old ballpoint pen, Raymond Cicin collected their discarded ones and drew (on and off, over the course of a year), a 62″x64″ ballpoint octopus.

The piece is heavily inspired by the greatest marine illustrator of all time, Ernst Haeckel.

It definitely elevates a humble writing utensil, don’t you think?

Raymond Cicin

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5 Responses to “Raymond Cicin: Ballpoint Octopus”

Colleen Van Voorhis Says:
December 8, 2015 at 7:40 am

I think it’s pretty great! I love the red he incorporated. I wish we could see a super up close picture of his pen strokes. I think that would be interesting…

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- shewalkssoftly Says:
  December 9, 2015 at 5:28 pm
  
  I think a pic or two on his website show the strokes close up. The pics are larger, too.
  
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Comment1 Says:
January 4, 2016 at 2:17 am

Wow… don’t disrespect the ballpoint

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- shewalkssoftly Says:
  January 23, 2016 at 2:37 pm
  
  Who knew they were such a majestic medium?
  
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