25 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 25

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Inktober 2015 – Day 25

We went and saw the new movie The Martian with Matt Damon and ironically found this screenshot from later in the movie when looking for ideas to draw. I just wanted to draw the cool space suit and martian rover, but after drawing this I saw it as a cool metaphor. This scene is around […]

24 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 24

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Inktober 2015 – Day 24

When we were visiting one of the attractions at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch this year, I saw a animatronic skeleton lifting weights and thought that would make a great ironic Inktober drawing. This drawing took a bit of research to get the right equipment and relearn some bone structures, but the actual inking was really quick. […]

23 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 22

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Inktober 2015 – Day 22

Sometimes you just have to draw a cool creature like a goblin. No real story here or quippy twist that could go on a T-shirt, just a fun drawing. Sometimes, these are my most enjoyable pieces, were the concept is loose and I can just add my style and try different shapes and lines to […]

23 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 23

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Inktober 2015 – Day 23

I love drawing giants and creatures that are a bit ridiculous in scale to a scene. One big iconic creature which I thought could provide a fun opportunity to exaggerate and stylize would be King Kong. I had a lot of fun working on the hair. It became a bit of a nightmare as an […]

21 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 21

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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 […]

20 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 20

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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 […]

20 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 19

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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 […]

19 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 18

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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 […]

18 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 17

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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 […]

17 Oct 2015

Inktober 2015 – Day 16

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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 […]