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Happy Halloween! 

Well, we made it! A whole month of ink drawings. I have to thank Jake for his idea to make October "INKtober" and get me motivated and excited about creating some art. It was a great time and I hope the momentum continues for months to come.

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Meowy Purter

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The Stick Gatherer

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This one would be fun to color. Be sure to click for a closer look :)

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Trick or Treat?

Having fun with the brush.

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Quick Spidy sketch.

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Deflected.

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The other day I purchased a "real" brush, as opposed to the brush pen I've been using. It's taking a little getting use to but I'm liking the feel of it.

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Inking Materials

Jake Parker listed some of the materials he uses for Inktober so I thought I'd share the ones I use.

TOOLS:
I'm really enjoying the Prismacolor Assorted Marker set. It comes with pens ranging from a thin 005 to a thickness of 08, and it even includes a brush pen. The only problem with the brush pen is that the tip starts to wear out rather quickly. If you're handy with an x-acto knife you can trim the point.

I have an extra sepia brush pen that I've been trying out. I like the color of it. The Tuff Stuff Eraser Stick is great for erasing hard to reach detail areas where the kneaded eraser can't reach. When it comes to pencils, I use whatever I have lying around at the moment. If I make any mistakes inking, which happens, I use a standard whiteout pen that I've had for years.

Click the images for larger views.

PAPER:

I've been using Bristol 100LB Vellum and a standard black cover sketchbook. I don't recommend the sketchbook because the ink bleeds quite a bit on that paper. I like it because I can carry it with me anywhere I go. 

I use two clips to hold the pages of the sketchbook down flat. Otherwise, they either flap in the wind or create a paper bubble which makes inking difficult.

PROCESS:
For the most part, I begin with a pencil sketch. Next, I transfer the drawing onto the Bristol vellum using a lightbox. Sometimes I dive right into inking over the sketch, and once finished, erase all of the pencil marks underneath.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my process and materials. 

Time to create my next Inktober drawing!!!

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Here's a little creature I cooked up.

I thought it'd be fun to do some photoshop tomfoolery and combine 2 ink drawings.

I kind of like the end result.

Inktober Day 13

I thought the drawing I did yesterday was lonely, so I made him an evil nemesis.

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I did my Inktober drawing today during lunch. I decided to dive right in and start inking with a brush pen.
No sketch. No study. No whiteout. Just the pen. I have to admit, it was frightening at first but extremely exciting.
Hope you like it!

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Having fun with shapes tonight :)

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Nothing says "Halloween" like dead vampires in space holding ray guns. Or maybe, just maybe, he isn't dead.

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Space alien insect.

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Not feeling too well today so I just did a little quick sketch of a mech.

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One of my favorite movies when I was a kid was The Goonies. I loved all the gadgets, caves, treasure and pirates. One Eye Willy certainly creeped me out but he did have a certain mystery about him.

Here he is in his prime, ready to sail the high seas.

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Who can guess what movie was on last night?

Inktober Day 2

I was watching the new animated series ThunderCats the other day and was in shock at how good it was! I loved the old version when I was growing up and the new one is even better. I highly recommend it if you're into that sort of thing. You won't be disappointed.

Here's my inktober (fan art) drawing for day 2, my design based on the new Lion-O. Hope you like it!

I may go back into it later and spot some blacks. We'll see...

Inktober Day 1

I'm really excited to start the month of October officially as "Inktober."  Jake Parker, artist extraordinaire, coined the phrase and does one ink drawing a day for the entire month of October. He's invited others to participate and I'm thrilled to give it a go.

Here's my first ink drawing to kick off the event. My take on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle design: