Love of lines - artist or illustrator?

I have been sorting through a lot of my really old art work and have realised that I have this love affair with lines.  I have come to the conclusion that basically I am not a painterly artist (if artist is the right word) and although love colours do love drawing lines and then filling them with colours.

On this basis I don't know whether I call myself at artist or an illustrator? To the outside world an artist paints, an illustrator draws.  What do you think on this subject?

Whilst sorting througth I came across some line drawings and characters I had done about 8 years ago, so I may reinvent them for future projects.  Because I was teaching glass painted card making I developed a whole load of simple designs for my classes.

The following is an updated line drawing I did quickly yesterday based on a design I already had.  I will probably play with this using colour.

It would be interesting to read your thoughts on artists v illustrators.

Black and white week

This week has felt a little meditative, I am having hectic days at work, so I need a little calming when I am at home hence the following. I find just doing repetitive line work so relaxing.

Well that was my week, so drop over to Artists in Blogland to see what other lovely artists have been up to.

Mandala

A while ago I did the following mandala and this week I was playing around on the computer and inverted it to see what it looked like.  I do like the effect of white on black, only wish I could draw like that, but I can never find a suitable liner pen.  Perhaps I will try with white ink and dip pen on black paper.

Which do you prefer?