Even though I have been doing the daily drawings, I haven’t gotten everything posted. So today, I’m posting several drawings at once – and they are all sorts of styles.
First up is Inktober #5 — a stylized running horse. I’m not really practiced enough drawing animals of any sort. I need to do more animal studies, and doing this drawing just reminded me of that.
Inktober #6 is another crosshatching portrait. It’s another character from my fantasy world, Arveniem. This is a preliminary sketch for the character of Gwyric, which may change in the future. I’m not sure if he’ll stay looking like this.
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With Inktober #7, I decided to try a very blunt inking style with the marker, also sticking to a flat black. If I were using color, this type of boat-on-reflecting-water thing would be a breeze for me. I like doing those. But when I only have black to work with and a broad, blunt style, it really is a challenge. But I’m pretty well satisfied with these results.
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With Inktober #8, we get a dragon. How can I not have a dragon in this collection of drawings? Would it be me without a dragon?
Of course, as I worked on it, I once again felt my lack of practice in drawing animals, as I’m not at all satisfied by my structuring of the dragon wing. If nothing else, this Inktober exercise is showing me where I really need to focus on practicing, and doing basic structural studies. And that’s a good thing.
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With Inktober #9, I turned to my enjoyment of sequencing of the spectrum. I decided to be stylized about it here with autumn leaves. Experimenting again. I’m not so sure about the results here. The color limitations of the set of markers I’ve been using were a little frustrating. But I sort of decided at the start of the month that I would stay with the set of 12 markers, even though I have other markers with greater variation in colors.
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With Inktober #10, I opted for an entirely abstract piece in red. I’d always been interested in things that came out of Op Art, and these kinds of swirling are one of those. But this time, instead of filling the whole space with the lines, I just went for a more suggestive approach. I may pursue more of this sort of thing down the road, as I liked this result.
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