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Ben McSweeney
	by Ben McSweeney
Aliases	Inkthinker
DeviantArt	inkthinker
Reddit	Inkthinker
Website	Link
License	Official illustrations only

Revision as of 02:45, 9 February 2021

Ben McSweeney or Inkthinker is an illustrator and animator involved in a number of Brandon Sanderson's works.

He has worked on The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn Eras 1 and 2, including the Elendel Broadsheets, the Mistborn Adventure Game, Arcanum Unbounded, Skyward, and The Rithmatist.

He illustrated Shallan's sketchbook in The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, and Oathbringer, and he created concept art which ultimately led to the Shattered Plains to be moved from Yolen to Roshar.^[1] He also created the broadsheet for The Alloy of Law and the Elendel Daily^[2]. For each story in Arcanum Unbounded he made a full-page illustration. He also worked on the map and interior illustrations in The Rithmatist.

Gallery

Mistborn

Mistborn Era 1

Mistborn Era 2 Interior Art

Mistborn Adventure Game Cover Art
Mistborn Adventure Game
Alloy of Law supplement

The Stormlight Archive

Chapter icons

Character Art

Shallan's sketchbook Interior Art
Sketches and notes on Chulls
Sketches and notes on Skyeels
Sketches of an Axehound
Sketches including Shalebark
Sketches and notes on Rockbuds
Sketches of various plants
Sketches of a Santhid
Sketches of Pattern
Sketches of life in a lait
Sketches of the Shardplate and blade of Kings Gavilar and Elhokar Kholin
Sketches of Shallan's "Veil" persona
Sketches of life in the chasms of the Shattered Plains
Sketches of a Chasmfiend
Sketches of a Whitespine
Shattered Plains

Cropped Interior Art

Alethi Glyphs

Arcanum Unbounded

Story Art

Skyward

Interior Art

The Rithmatist Interior Art

Interior Art
United Isles of America

Traced Diagrams

Chapter Icons

Notes

Out of Universe
Dragonsteel Entertainment	Brandon Sanderson · Emily Sanderson · Peter Ahlstrom · Isaac Stewart · Kara Stewart · Ben McSweeney · Karen Ahlstrom · Adam Horne
Publishing Industry	Joshua Bilmes · Moshe Feder · Irene Gallo
US Cover Artists	Jon Foster · Chris McGrath · Michael Whelan · Scott Brundage · Miranda Meeks · Sam Weber · Charlie Bowater · Jahbulani Ori · Alex Allen · Marc Tauss · Kevin Keele · Danny Schlitz · Matt Taylor Dan dos Santos · Stephan Martinière · Alexander Nanitchkov · Christopher Gibbs · David Palumbo · Donato Giancola · Dragos Jieanu · Jorge Jacinto · Mike Bryan · Craig Shields · Justin Gerard · Tran Nguyen
International Cover Artists	Sam Green · Dominik Broniek · Alain Brion · Federico Musetti · Jian Guo · Marc Simonetti · Sergey Shikin · Jan Patrik Krasny · Marina Vidal · Péter Kovács · Julia Lloyd · Yasen Stoilov
Interior Artists	Dan dos Santos · Shawn Boyles · Greg Call · Hayley Lazo · Steve Argyle · Howard Lyon · Aliya Chen
Other	17th Shard · Arcanum · Theoryland Interview Database · RAFO · Sanderson's Laws of Magic

[Arcanum-10103-1] 17th Shard Interview
— Arcanum - 2010-10-03Cite: Arcanum-10103#

[Elendel_Daily-2] Elendel Daily
— Tor.com - 2011-07-21#

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-File: MAG AOL cover.jpg |[[Alloy of Law (rule book)| Alloy of Law supplement]]
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+Mistborn Adventure Game.jpg |
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+Sja-anat Chapters.svg |
+Taravangian Chapters - Intelligence.svg |
+Taravangian Chapters - Emotion.svg |
+Chiri-Chiri Chapters.svg |
+Lopen Chapters.svg |
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+<gallery mode="packed" heights=200px caption="Character Art">
 Szeth.jpg |
 Kaladin.jpg |
 Whitespine 2.jpg |
+Aboard the Wandersail.jpg |
 </gallery>
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-File: Chull.jpg |Sketches and notes on [[Chull]]s
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-File: Skyeel.jpg |Sketches and notes on [[Skyeel]]s
+Skyeel.jpg |Sketches and notes on [[Skyeel]]s
-File: Axehound by Shallan.jpg |Sketches of an [[Axehound]]
+Axehound by Shallan.jpg |Sketches of an [[Axehound]]
-File: Shalebark.jpg |Sketches including [[Shalebark]]
+Shalebark.jpg |Sketches including [[Shalebark]]
-File: Rockbuds.jpg |Sketches and notes on [[Rockbud]]s
+Rockbuds.jpg |Sketches and notes on [[Rockbud]]s
-File: Plants.jpg |Sketches of various plants
+Plants.jpg |Sketches of various plants
-File: Santhid.jpeg |Sketches of a [[Santhid]]
+Santhid.jpeg |Sketches of a [[Santhid]]
-File: Pattern.jpeg |Sketches of [[Pattern]]
+Pattern.jpeg |Sketches of [[Pattern]]
-File: Lait.jpeg |Sketches of life in a [[lait]]
+Lait.jpeg |Sketches of life in a [[lait]]
-File: Shardplate.jpeg |Sketches of the Shardplate and blade of Kings [[Gavilar]] and [[Elhokar Kholin]]
+Shardplate.jpeg |Sketches of the Shardplate and blade of Kings [[Gavilar]] and [[Elhokar Kholin]]
-File: Veil.jpeg |Sketches of Shallan's "Veil" persona
+Veil.jpeg |Sketches of Shallan's "Veil" persona
-File: Chasmlife.jpeg |Sketches of life in the chasms of the [[Shattered Plains]]
+Chasmlife.jpeg |Sketches of life in the chasms of the [[Shattered Plains]]
-File: Chasmfiend.jpeg |Sketches of a [[Chasmfiend]]
+Chasmfiend.jpeg |Sketches of a [[Chasmfiend]]
-File: Whitespine.jpeg |Sketches of a [[Whitespine]]
+Whitespine.jpeg |Sketches of a [[Whitespine]]
 Shattered Plains WoR map.jpeg |[[Shattered Plains]]
 Cryptics in WoK.jpg |
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-Adolin Sigh.png |
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 Corridor.jpg |
 Horses.jpg |
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+Shallan's Sketchbook - Cultivationspren.jpg |
+Shallan's Sketchbook - Reachers.jpg |
+Shallan's Sketchbook - Highspren.jpg |
+Shallan's Sketchbook - Peakspren.jpg |
+Shallan's Sketchbook - Inkspren.jpg |
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+<gallery caption="Cropped Interior Art" mode="packed" heights=200px>
+Markel.jpg |
+Snarlbrush.jpg |
+Adolin's Shardblade.png |
+Gavilar firestorm.jpg |
+Elhokar sunraiser.jpg |
+Adolin Sigh.png |
+Captain Ico.png |
 Mandras 2.png |
 Luckspren.png |
+Notum.jpg |
 Fused monochrome.jpg |
 Scalespray blooming.PNG |
 Scalespray growing.PNG |
 Scalespray fruit.PNG |
-Urithiru topdown view.jpg |
 Cremlings.jpg |
 Kaladin - Urithiru.jpg |
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-=== ''The Rithmatist'' Interior ===
+=== ''The Rithmatist'' Interior Art ===
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+<gallery mode="packed" heights=250px caption="Interior Art">
-File: United Isles of America.jpg |[[United Isles of America]]
+United Isles of America.jpg |[[United Isles of America]]
+Rithmatist - Advanced Bind Points.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Advanced Easton Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Anchoring.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Ballintain Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Basic Easton Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Bouncing Lines.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Circles.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Dorms sketch.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Eskridge Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Four Lines.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Herman Libel.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Instructing Chalklings.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Jordan Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Lilly Whiting.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Line Strengths.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Lines of Forbiddance.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Lines of Vigor.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Matson Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Nine-Point Circles.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Osborn Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Shoaff Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Six-Point Circle.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Sumsion Defense.jpg |
+Rithmatist - Taylor Defense.jpg |
+Types of Chalklings.jpg |
+Binding Chalklings.jpg |
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+<gallery caption="Traced Diagrams" mode="packed" heights=150px>
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-Linestrengths.svg |
-Anchoring Defensive Circles.svg |
-Types of Chalklings.jpg |
-Binding Chalklings.jpg |
 </gallery>
-<gallery mode="packed" heights=70px caption="Chapter Icons">
+<gallery mode="packed" heights=100px caption="Chapter Icons">
-File: Chalkling Knight.svg  |[[Chalkling]] Knight
+Chalkling Knight.svg |
-File: Chalkling Dragon.svg  |[[Chalkling]] Dragon
+Chalkling Dragon.svg |
 Chalkling Assassin.svg |
 Chalkling Bat.svg |