What's in my art journal? Final Inktober recap and a video

Hello everyone!

Got a few things for you.  I wanted to share my final sketches from Inktober, which ended October 31st and I have a video for you using a couple of my Inktober sketches.

Here's a look at how my sketch book pages looked towards the end of Inktober.  I really started to get into a rhythm.  Again, I was going by Jake Parkers daily Inktober prompts.

Notice the figure in the top right for the prompt "Climb".  You will see the front side of it when you turn the page

Notice the figure top left, it is front side of the figure mentioned above.  That day's prompt was "United". 

I'm most proud of the final entry.  The last prompt was "Mask" and you see me masking off some artwork with a banner.  I'm also taking a bow because I'm very proud of myself and was surprised at how much I grew and learned as an artist in such a short span of time. totally unexpected. I really see the importance of drawing everyday.  

Lil side note:  I also had a lot of fun placing him around the studio and snapping pictures of him in action.

Next up, a video of how I took a couple of the above sketches and made stickers and a greeting card.

Thanks for today's visit.  I hope I've inspired you to re-use your art elsewhere.

 Until the next blog...enjoy!

What's in my Art Journal? - Inktober 2 week recap

Hello,

So, here’s a recap of what I’ve been doing for Inktober since my last post.  I’m really enjoying this challenge and I dedicate just an hour a night for this.  During the hour I decide what I’m drawing and look at any reference(s) if I need it. Again, I'm using (mostly) the prompts that Jake Parker (Creator of Inktober) has on his site.  You can find that list here.  

As you can see from these drawing and past drawings that I have a couple of different styles.  The styles waver between doodles and more defined drawings.  I was going to use this challenge to do more defined drawings, however, those take more time for me and my evening time is limited. Since all of my drawings begins with doodling first anyway,  I’ve decided that the Inktober drawings would all be doodles.  Remember Harold and the purple crayon?  That’s me, I doodle on EVERYTHING. It’s such a loose process, I love it.

Anyway, here are my Inktober doodles:

Prompt 8 - Crooked - This made me think of the crooked man that walked a crooked mile, etc. etc. 

9 - Screech - I didn't watch the show Saved By the Bell, but one of the characters in that show was called Screech.  This is Screech umm screeching

10 - Giganic - James and the Giant Peach.  The think about ink is that if you make a mistake your just stuck with it.  I have shadows in all the wrong places here.I 

12 - Random doodle - I attended a Payroll Conference for a few days and drew what was on my table (I skipped 11

13 - Random doodle -  Still at the conference

14 - Random doodle - Leaving the conference

15 -  Mysterious - I ended up not posting this because it was more weird than mysterious.  Looks interesting upside down though.  

16 - Fat - I usually get a fat lip when I'm having an allergic reaction to something I've eaten, among other symptoms..ugh!

17- Graceful - This is actually a remake of an older drawing.  Sometimes you've just gotta dive into your drink.

18 - Filthy -  I don't care if there is nothing in the toilet, I hate when this happens

19 - Cloud - Who doesn't like looking at the clouds and finding shapes within them.  This first one I didn't post, I thought it might be perceived as creepy or inappropriate, so I posted the next one instead.

20 - Deep - Just a picture in a word

21 - Furious - so much that he hit the ceiling.

So that's what I've done so far, thanks for taking the time to stop by.  I appreciate your visit.

Until the next blog...enjoy!

What's in my art journal? Inktober Recap

Hey you!

Hope your all enjoying your weekend.  I decided that I would participate in Inktober this year.  For those who don't know, Jake Parker (an amazing illustrator) started Inktober in October 2009 as a way to improve his skills as an artist by drawing in ink everyday for the month of October. The rest is history.  If you'd like more info or  to participate, here is the link to his website.  The rules are simple, draw something in ink , tag it #inktober, #inktober2017, @jakeparker, @inktober,  post it.  He has a list of daily prompts that you can follow or simply do your on thang. 

I'm going by the prompt list because I can interpret the prompts how I want. I've really been enjoying it because it's been challenging me to draw things I normally would not draw AND I'm sure my drawing skills will be better by the end of this challenge.  Also, I'm using different ink pens to see how they really work.  Even if you don't participate, check out the ink work that artist are posting by looking up those hashtags on social media.


Day 1 - Swift - I rarely draw animals so I went with the Swift bird

Day 2 - Divided - Clearly I'm thinking of emotions here and I'm trying to be clever.

Day 3 - Poison - Here I realized ink is unforgiving and every mark counts

Day 4 - Underwater - drawing bodies are very challenging for me and I don't draw enough men in my life! This guy represents me...I don't go underwater so he's just pointing to where underwater is.

Day 5  - Long - So I've been dealing with should bursitis all week and this was a painful day in which the drawing and the ink would not come together.  I posted even though I don't like it.....it's about the process right?

Day 6 - Sword - I love the story of the Sword in the Stone.  But what if everything is not quite like it seems.  Take a close look.

Day 7 - Shy - I have the cutest reference picture of this little girl that I've been trying to draw for the longest time.  I'm never close to capturing it the way I want.  This is the closest I've ever come to it....her as a grown up. LOL

If you haven't noticed, I'm doing very little shading, cause I'm SCARED.  As I continue to learn about these inks, there will be more shading (fingers crossed) I hope you get a chance to check out Inktober there is a ton of incredible artwork out there.  Thanks for your visit today.

Until the next blog...enjoy!