31 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 30

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Inktober 2013 – Day 30

How better to celebrate day 30 than with a whole lot of ink and a whole lot of space bugs? Took some cues from Jake Parker on this one – instigator of Inktober. One more day left of Inktober! One more drawing left to draw! One more night of sleepless drawing. Entering the home stretch… […]

30 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 29

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Inktober 2013 – Day 29

Inspired by Michel Gagne’s Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, I thought a little deep sea attack was in order. This will be the last ink wash for this Inktober. I’m putting my paintbrush and ink well away for more straight-forward inking. Two days left! Ink used: Ink used: Zebra Disposable Brush Pen – Fine, Pentel Standard Brush Pen – […]

30 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 28

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Inktober 2013 – Day 28

I think every Inktober needs to include a drawing of Big Foot. This year Big Foot is getting a tattoo for his mom. He’s sensitive like that. Making use of some watered down ink again to get some subtle shading and texture. Ink used: Zebra Disposable Brush Pen – Fine & Higgins Black Magic

30 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 27

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Inktober 2013 – Day 27

Continuing the animal mix-up with a Panda-Lemur. I’m enjoying the ink wash combined with pen but it does take a while to layer everything in. Two more drawings to catch up on the home stretch! Ink used: Faber-Castell 8 Pitt Artist Pens & Higgins Black Magic

27 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 26

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Inktober 2013 – Day 26

I watched the Croods the other night and loved the mix-up animals that showed up throughout the film and thought this was a good time to create some of my own. Here are a couple of chipmunk rhinos to start the ball rolling. Had a lot of fun doing an ink wash to shade this […]

26 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 25

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Inktober 2013 – Day 25

I love the process of drawing when I start with one idea and it morphs into another as I draw it. I like the scene I ended up with here as it tells a better story than what I was going to initially draw. Makes me think of all the ideas out there I could […]

25 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 24

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Inktober 2013 – Day 24

The topic of my “style” came up the other day which got me thinking – “I have a style?!”. In the spirit of rejecting labels I decided to take a departure from the brush pens and pull out my fine liner pens. I think I achieved a different style – but not really. Maybe I […]

25 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 23

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Inktober 2013 – Day 23

I usually do things in twos: sneeze, have kids, draw bad Inktober sketches of puns. This drawing is more of a “Monster Mash”. I tried to take all the monsters I could think of and mash them all together into one glorious mess. Which is what I got. I’m happy with this guy except for […]

25 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 22

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Inktober 2013 – Day 22

Sometimes I get a little punny with my ideas, but here is an illustration of some Monster Mix – which normally is a trail mix with nuts, raisins and M&Ms. I know, if I have to explain it, I’m not doing my job but sometimes I get a little obscure. This was a fun one, […]

23 Oct 2013

Inktober 2013 – Day 21

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Inktober 2013 – Day 21

Day 21 is an ode to Charles Shultz with a piece I have titled “Still Waiting for the Great Pumpkin”. Fun to revisit Shultz’s loose, quirky illustrations in a kind of time machine back to a more traditional time of illustration. It was fun using my Tombow dual brush pens to add some shading and […]