Inktober 2014 – Day 27
This is an exciting day. I just completed my second Moleskine sketchbook since joining the Inktober fray! I was hoping I could get all of 2014 in this book, but it looks like 28 – 31 will have to break in the next book (which will sadly last me quite a long time). I […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 26
My co-worker joined me in the Inktober adventure this year and proposed the challenge of including a Narwhal (part whale, part unicorn, completely real) in one of my drawings. Not one to back away from a challenge, I thought it would be fun to draw one of these fellas as small as possible and […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 25
I wanted to draw a scene with a flying squirrel that needed help flying via a jetpack or some mechanical device. I also wanted to draw a scene with a kite, but didn’t know how to put a twist on it to make it interesting. Then it hit me, help a flying squirrel fly […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 24
This is my interpretation of a teddy bear getting an x-ray. In hindsight, I should have put something abnormal (because this is normal?!) inside like a broken bone or misplaced surgical tool. I wanted to focus on a simple, soft drawing with a clean iconic look. As I brushed my strokes, I noticed how […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 23
I tasked myself with drawing a helmet for this drawing. I’m not sure why some drawings go the direction that they do, but this one must have come out of my subconscious somewhere because I’m not exactly sure what is going on here. It was fun using a small nib pen to get some […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 22
I love to follow illustrators who are champions of their craft, partly to learn and hone my own craft and partly to simply enjoy beautiful work. A few days ago I stumbled upon an amazing artist (I wish I could remember who it was, so I could give them a shout out. Do we still call […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 21
Another influence of our art museum visit last week is the city on a cliff painting I saw. I thought it would be fun to perch a massive city precariously on the edge of a cliff all Wile E. Coyote like. It started to take a little steam punk direction until I noticed, “I don’t […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 20
I saw a beautiful painting of a tug boat on the ocean with a great reflection in the rippling water. I wanted to ink something similar, but got lazy and decided to draw a buoy instead. I’m not sure where the mermaids came from and I’m not too keen on the “reflection” but it was […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 19
No inspiration really for this drawing. Sometimes you just have to start drawing and see what happens. I like how this turned out, though. It was great practice with my brush pen and I was able to resist the urge to shade it in with ink wash or some other soft shader. Sometimes I can […]
Inktober 2014 – Day 18
When my wife and I were in KC this weekend we went to a museum and I gathered a ton of ideas for this year’s Inktober. This was my rendition of a night in conflict with a dragon inspired by a sculpture of a man slaying a dragon. Really no connection other than this having […]