Inktober 2019: Day 5 - Dip Pen And Liquid Ink

Inktober 2019: day 5 - dip pen and liquid ink

Isaac doesn’t always know how to pass the time at night. I had the idea for this one a few days ago but I had to save it for the weekend so I’d have enough time. I probably could have pushed the lighting a bit further, but I ran out of Saturday.

Inktober 2019: day 6 - brush inking and coloured ink

One foot in front of the other, repeat as necessary.

I inked this with some rigger brushes that I’ve never been brave enough to use before, they have minds of their own!

Day 11 of Mermay! Do you recognise the kind of fish she is? I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about one of the most beautiful creatures in God’s creation: the hagfish. Here are some choice quotes on the wonderful characteristics of the hagfish: They are the only known living animals that have a skull but no vertebral column The skin is naked and covers the body like a loosely fitting sock

Instead of vertically articulating jaws they have a pair of horizontally moving structures with tooth-like projections for pulling off food

Its skin is only attached to the body along the center ridge of the back and at the slime glands, and is filled with close to a third of the body's blood volume, giving the impression of a blood-filled sack When captured and held, e.g., by the tail, they secrete the microfibrous mucus, which expands into up to 20 litres (5¼ US gallons) of sticky, gelatinous material when combined with water If they remain captured, they can tie themselves in an overhand knot, which works its way from the head to the tail of the animal, scraping off the slime as it goes and freeing them from their captor Seriously hagfish are one of my favourite animals and I want you all to love them as much as I do. Please take a moment to appreciate hagfish today.

Day 2 - gel pens (and a brush pen)

More creatures than Louise and her foster parents call her house their home.

Remember when I said I only had 90 minutes a day to do these? I don’t know what made me think I could do this in an hour and half. It took that long to do just the lineart and the spot blacks, I’ve been crosshatching for hours! I’m really pleased with this though, so it was worth it.

I forgot to upload the rest of my mermaids! I got super-busy towards the end of May, so I’m afraid I only managed 28 in the end. I’ll finish the final three when I have time, but these are the last ones drawn during May. I did have another go at the coralmaid, like I promised! I’m sort of pleasantly surprised by my own work for this challenge, more of them turned out well than I ever expected! Did any of you manage all 31 mermaids? Did you have fun?

Inktober 2019 : day 4 - pentel pocket brush and ink wash

Lottie wears her hair over that eye for a reason.

This one also snuck past my 90-minute time limit, I think it took just under 2 hours. I’m not as quick with the brush pen as I thought!