Inktober 2015 – Day 21
Today is Back to the Future Day, a date which was represented in one of my favorite films Back to the Future II where Marty McFly and Doc travel to the future and see flying cars, hover boards, self drying coats, leashes that walk dogs, and shoes that tie themselves. I thought I’d get in […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 20
Here is another scene from a Hayao Miyazaki classic, Castle in the Sky. I had several scenes to choose from, but they were all maybe a little too epic for a simple Inktober drawing, so I went with this scene where some other-worldly fox creatures frolic on one of the castle’s guardian robots. I made […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 19
My family has become big fans of Hayao Miyazaki’s films including My Neighbor Totoro. I thought it would be fun to take some scenes from our favorites and do another mini-series. This is an iconic scene from Totoro which actually is the cover of the movie. It was fun blowing the dust off my old […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 18
We saw Man of La Mancha last night and I thought it might be fun to draw the old conquistador’s uniform with broken …, bent sword, and shave basin hat. I was waiting for a friend to show for coffee and was able to ink this guy in 20 minutes – allowing myself to make […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 17
Every year I try to improve my pumpkin carving skills right alongside my inking skills and try to fit in a sketch to help plan what I’m going to create. This year I wanted to do a King Kong carving, but after looking at movie references and thinking through my limitations I changed directions and […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 16
We’re beyond the half way point in this Inktober marathon! Way to go for those of you who have been keeping up with the drawing a day schedule. I just started following a friend’s Pinterest board and saw a great concept illustration of a spider with a lightbulb abdomen, which of course needs to be […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 15
Wrapping up my mini-series of creepy kids’ movies is another classic, Neverending Story. I was able to find a scene that matched the last two in the series with the protagonist kid interacting with a monster friend which I thought brought some cool consistency between the films. In this case Atreyu is scratching behind the […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 14
I decided to keep going with the creepy kids’ movie theme and turn it into another mini series of drawings. Another fun Jim Henson movie was Labyrinth which I watched dozens of times when I was younger. I loved the characters and set out to draw Sir Didymus astride his faithful steed, but felt the […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 13
I thought it would be fun to tackle some characters from the Jim Henson movie, The Dark Crystal. I thought this was a great movie, albeit creepy and dark and something I might not yet show my kids. Nevertheless, the characters were amazing so I decided to draw some. This is Jen and urZah in […]
Inktober 2015 – Day 12
I found a stock photo the other day of rocker girl holding a shark bazooka and had to save it to use for Inktober! Again, trying to infuse some action into my drawings, I decided to pose her as the shark-zooka is firing and blasting her off her feet. I like the contrast of adding […]