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Inktober 2018 : Day 15 - gel pen Violet has cold hands and she’s not afraid to use them! She finds startling her Vrega friends this way endlessly entertaining.
Inktober 2018 : Day 21 - gel pen
The Crow Boy appears in dark places, by means best known to himself. Finishing crosshatching like this makes me want to yell triumphantly like it’s the end of an anime training montage.
Day 3 of Mermay - a classic two-tailed mermaid (like the one on the Starbucks logo). I’m not sure when mermaids went from a tail for each leg to only having one tail, there’s quite a large span of history where you can find both, so maybe it was based on how discreet the artist needed to be? She was going to have a proper background but my pen was dying, so I thought I’d quit while I was ahead.
Day 15 is a freshwater pearl mussel! This mermaid is rooted to one spot. She can produce a pearl of rare size, but getting it from her will be tricky. I fell behind a bit on day 14 (I used my comic-drawing time to go and see Detective Pikachu, so I had to use my mermaid-drawing time to do my comic, and ended up with no time for a mermaid), so this one was lagging about a day behind.
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.
Inktober 2019: day 16 - gel pens
Spider starts to feel a bit sick if Nettle spins him around too much.
I don’t think I’ve done this picture in gel pens before? I’ve drawn it every Inktober so far, but I was at work and couldn’t check which inks I had and hadn’t used.
Inktober 2019: day 22 - gel pen
Sweetpea and some of his friends are comparing the Autumn fruits of their trees.
It’s not Inktober anymore, so I’m going to post these all in one go. I promise I did do them on the day!
One of the biggest disappointments of 2020 for me was failing Inktober for the first time since 2013. I even did most of my pictures at half size to make it easier, but I was so worn out by day 8 that I had to give up. I thought it would be nice to post the ones I did finish before the end of the year.
I marked out all the pages in my sketchbook at the start, so I’ll try to finish the rest before next October.
Inktober 2021, day 4 - gel pens
The closer it is to sunset, the more likely you are to find him.
Inktober 2021, day 14 - fountain pen
Down by the bank, the trees lean to reach the light.
Inktober 2021, day 15 - gel pens
Bigger in the dark.
Inktober 2021, day 26 - gel pens
There's a seasick feeling in the church sometimes.
Inktober 2021, day 30 - gel pens
He always wakes up where the dead people are.
Cold weather, hot food.
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Inktober 2022 Day 3: Rotring isographs
This was the point where I caught a horrible cold, and doing two art challenges at once was a real struggle. I actually had to use white ink to make a correction on this one (see if you can spot where) which I almost never do.
You might think this looks a bit involved for an ill person. The shading did take forever, but the important part is I didn't have to think very hard while drawing it.
He's only telling you what you already believe.
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Inktober 2022 Day 6: Fountain pen (medium nib)
I made a few mistakes on this one, but I had to draw it in the middle of the night after a very long day, so I can let it go.
Not as tempting without the glamour.
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Inktober 2022 Day 8: Dip pen
You could tell it was the weekend because I used the bottle of liquid ink. I don't dare to carry it to and from work.
Right behind you.
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Inktober 2022 Day 10: gel pens and Pentel Pocket Brush
This one is one the same page as yesterday in my sketchbook, and so far it's my favourite pair.
Not as musical without the glamour either.
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Inktober 2022 Day 14: dip pen
Long night.
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Inktober 2022 Day 15: G-pen and Pentel Pocket Brush
He blesses the weak ones to help them grow.
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Inktober 2022 Day 18: G-pen