Inktober 2018 : Day 4 - G-pen (and A Brush Pen For The Black)Ive Now Come Down With A Horrible Cold,

Inktober 2018 : Day 4 - G-pen (and a brush pen for the black) I’ve now come down with a horrible cold, so I thought the Mirror Twins would be nice and easy to draw, but every line of this was a battle! TT_TT

A while ago I wanted to do a comparison of some of the school uniforms my different characters wear, I can’t quite remember why. Nettle goes to a dreadful comprehensive school not unlike the one I went to, and wears a pretty casual uniform not unlike the one I wore. It might be the only time she ever wears trousers. (At my school only about 3 girls opted for a skirt.) Jessie goes to a slightly more upmarket school but I’m not sure any schools in the UK actually have a uniform like that, in the sense of one without a blazer but with an unusual skirt colour. Possibly there’s a blazer that Jessie prefers not to wear. I think the boys wear grey trousers rather than red. Patience lives in the present day and so has a very fancy-looking uniform, because for some reason UK schools all want fancy uniforms again? I very rarely see secondary school children in jumpers anymore, and more girls seem to opt for skirts again.

I have a new postcard set available in my shop! I’ve been drawing Tabitha for the last day of Inktober every year for the last 5 years, and finally have enough for a set, so I got them printed! I think they look really cute together. The postcards are glossy on the front and matte on the back, so you can use them as little prints or as actual postcards. I hope you all think Tabitha is cute as well!

Inktober 2018 : Day 1 - Fountain Pentel When Nettle loses her temper at school, the sports field is the biggest casualty. It’s finally time for Inktober, my favourite art challenge of the year! I didn’t have access to my scanner for the first three days, but I was doing the drawings. This year I wanted to try to use some of my less cooperative pens, so this was done with my Fountain Pentel, a bizarre soft nib pen that isn’t a brush but sort of acts like one. I think it’s designed for writing kanji? It splatters a lot when I use it, but it also makes some really nice, scrappy sorts of lines. I think if I keep practicing I’ll be able to do something really good with it.

Inktober 2018 : Day 5 - cartridge pen

Lena’s prophetic trances are involuntary, and come on without warning. Her friends have seen it before, but it doesn’t stop being frightening.

Two more dream sketches which I thought were scary enough to go in the monster set. These two were from the same dream. The ‘baby’ was found wrapped in newspaper, and you had to stay out of the searchlights. (previous 6 monsters)