Inktober 2012 – Day 11
Finally, the Gruffalo himself, all fierce and buffalo-like. This drawing made me a little nervous with the shading and hair along with high contrast yet soft textures. Luckily the pen must have know what it was doing, because I actually really like how this turned out. That ends this series. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s all […]
Inktober 2012 – Day 10
Gruffalo ink wash – take 3. I thought this was a good summary scene of all the animals in the story. I’m a sucker for putting a series of pictures / photos together that tell a quick synopsis of events. That, and I love the fox in this scene. That guy is hilarious! Higgins Black […]
Inktober 2012 – Day 9
My second attempt at ink wash ala Gruffalo. I love this scene with the swirly logs and tension between snake and mouse. I actually took pictures of my television while playing the movie to get reference shots for this series. Yep, that’s how I roll. Higgins Black Magic ink wash & Faber-Castell 4 PITT artist […]
Inktober 2012 – Day 8
I’ve been watching The Gruffalo with the kids again. I love the style of this short little storybook movie. I thought it was the perfect series to attempt a new technique for me – ink wash. I watched a YouTube instructional video, what could go wrong? I love the opportunities in these next four drawings […]
Inktober 2012 – Day 7
These bug vehicles have been fun. Had to round the set out with a pill-bug / armoured personnel carrier. Goes to show you can indeed spend way too much time scouring the never ending collection that is Google images. Faber-Castell 4 PITT artist pen
Inktober 2012 – Day 6
I originally was going for a stag beetle / tank but it didn’t lend itself well to a profile angle. Therefore, the giant rhinoceros beetle / snow mobile is the bug / vehicle of choice for today. Faber-Castell 4 PITT artist pen
Inktober 2012 – Day 5
I wanted to do a set of robot bugs on a page of my Moleskine to balance out my milli-pillar from yesterday. After doing some planning, I decided to go with more of a bug transport vehicle theme. Say hello to the cicada-copter… or heli-cada. Yeah, it’s already come to this. Faber-Castell 4 PITT artist […]
Inktober 2012 – Day 4
And round and round he goes. Tedious though it was, I am pretty happy with this little guy. I’m not exactly sure what I was going for, but there it is. Maybe I’ll start making him some friends in the next few days – SPOILER ALERT! Faber-Castell 4 PITT artist pen
Inktober 2012 – Day 3
Last night my daughter woke me up at 5:30 with a bad dream. She is always so sweet when she comes tiptoeing into our room that I thought it would make a perfect addition to Inktober. Instead of going back to sleep I got started on today’s drawing. Maybe I’m a little too excited about […]
Inktober 2012 – Day 2
I love drawing robots. I especially love drawing robots in human-esc scenes where they have no reason be. Seriously, what is going on in this scene? I mean, it’s a robot for crying out loud! I’ll let you be the judge. Gel ink pen from Office Depot