etching

For the last day of Inktober, I drew a pumpkin with black india ink on orange paper. I had never done an Inktober challenge before, and I really liked it! I'm definitely doing it next year, too. I got very good ideas for new projects, I played with different textures and colours, and I used a calligraphic pen to draw, which I had never done before and which I loved.

Working on my stippling and hatching so I decided to draw a horse, done with ink.

Concept art for Ronan, the protag of my comic in progress ^^

Graphite and carbon pencils, 2018

Graphite and carbon pencils, 2018

The idea for this portrait came to me when I was looking at a packaging of soap - it was very glossy and it looked like it could look like pearls. As well as the soap packaging, I used white ink mixed with acrylic paint (for opacity) on black paper.

Just an OC of mine taking a drag, I guess.

Quick pattern made with white ink on black paper. It reminds me of the texture of a feather

I'm finding the best practice for drawing dynamic poses comes from ballet dancers

For day 27 I made a very diluted India ink wash and painted a cityscape at night with white ink over it. I like how it turned out! Naïve and quirky.

Random sketch done with colored pencil.

Sketch of my fabric scissors.

getting ideas out to make sure I start understanding concepts

For Inktober 25, I played around with a rainbow rubber stamp and markers. Simple but it was a lot of fun! And isn't Inktober all about experimentation and practise?

The topic is poisonous. I went with an Io moth caterpillar. I've also hidden a 1 in the composition. Spot the 1!

India ink on cardboard.

Some sketching I did while in Melbourne.

Sketch of a jasmine tea tin in which I store nibs and ink cartridges for fountain pens. India ink on paper.

Stretching

Using diluted black India ink and a brush.

Illustration from the song of Tuomari Nurmio a.k.a Judge Bone. Nurmio has been regarded one of the most original Finnish singer-songwriters

inspired by the gorgeous Jim Reno + the beauty of autumn; my favorite season ever!!!! Watch the video here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PBypNGHARTw&t=13s

Lamy fountain pen (F nib) with blue ink on cardboard.