Well, Inktober is over. How did I do? Not as well as last year. I missed three days (I think). But, I spent more time on most drawings than I did last year too, so I suppose that evens out. This haunted house in my sketchbook wraps up the month for me. I wanted to try something different, so I used solvent to create a wash with my inks. Since the prompt was "Mask", I left the house very sketchy and stark to contrast with the bright leaves. The idea was that the cheerful trees were masking something foreboding and stark. All-in-all, it was another enjoyable year, and I am pleased to say I am not totally burnt out on art. Haha. In fact, I have tons of new ideas inspired by all the art and artists I've encountered throughout the month. I will be putting all the images together on one page soon, but here is a quick look:
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Today's Inktober prompt was "United". Of course, that brings a lot of things to mind, such as all the banks out there with something "United" in their name, and that old song that will get stuck in your head (reunited and it feeeeels so gooood. You're welcome). Unfortunately, this year it also brings to mind tons and tons of news articles, and most of them are depressing and frustrating. So, instead of going there, (and definitely not going with the song lyrics), I went with a patchwork heart "stitched" together by highways. You can read whatever into that. But what it really is...is a patchwork heart stitched together by highways. Because I am deep like that. Seriously though, it can mean "united" in two ways. First, the stitching unites the pieces of the heart, as with all good fabric patchwork (not my disastrous attempts). Secondly, highways are known to re-unite (don't start singing) people. Especially during the holiday season. The rest of the year they just unite with each other and give birth to lots of little cul-de-sacs. (And the red dots are stop signs. Or straight pins. However you want to see it.) Prompt for today was "Fall".
I imagined capturing a bit of summer in a glass jar to look at when everything outside was turning to autumn. Obviously a work in progress I will have to finish up later. Also, I'm a bit out of order on these. I have some finished that I've yet to scan or photograph. Will be getting those up soon! We're immobile, darn it! How did you manage to make a last minute costume? Obviously he got the idea from Pinterest! Still have a bum wrist so I didn't do the deep perspective like I wanted. Just pretend Charlie there can't see the tissue box because of Ned's pot. I know artists are supposed to either love or hate all of their creations equally. But I really like this one. Maybe better than most of the other drawings I've done for Inktober so far. The drawing itself didn't turn out so great because I sprained my wrist (grrr), and had to chill on the details somewhat. The idea is pretty fun though. A cute little mouse, dressed up as Harry Potter, waiting sadly for trick-or-treaters that aren't showing up at his cozy (somewhat creepy) little house. And he even left a light on in the window, and made a big acorn bowl full of cheese bites to share with all the other woodland creatures. Awww. Okay. I'm probably feeling it to much because I live on a rural highway and get zero trick-or-treaters, ever. :( My house doesn't look that cool though. Anyhow, same old story. Made with Sharpies, black Prismacolor illustration markers and regular printer paper. Aha!
The monsters in the closet were startled when they were discovered playing dress up. Veering away from the Inktober prompt list with this one. It was supposed to be something "furious". I suppose monsters might be furious if we found out they were really this silly. Like many girls, I like miniature things. You know...stuff like baby feet, perfectly scaled replicas of things like pianos, and pets that people have shrunken over the years so they can fit in your pocket. (I am still waiting for teacup hippos to be a thing.) And art cards. I've wanted to do some for awhile, but I keep putting it off until I can order blanks. This week I decided to just cut some blanks for myself using a sketch pad I don't particularly like (and therefore don't mind chopping to pieces). After I cut the 2.5 x 3.5 inch blanks, I had some little scraps of sketchbook paper leftover. And even though it's not my fave paper it seemed artistically blasphemous to throw away the usable dabs. Why not make even mini-er mini blanks? So there ya go. I was so excited to try one out that I used it for Inktober. These are 2.5 x 3.5 centimeters, or roughly the size of...nothing else in existence. This is pretty much the size of the doodles I make on my desk pad, but unlike those doodles I actually have to finish these (because wasting paper, ya know?). Also, I just want to see what a lot of colorful little "arts" look like lined up after they are done. It's a fun challenge and I like that they will probably be the easiest art ever to store because a million of them will fit in an envelope. Don't cry my Littles, someone's always happy to see the rain.
The prompt today was for "cloud". This is just a super fast doodle so I can get caught up! Also, you can see my pens are starting to run a bit low on ink. I dunno, I just hate to throw them out...we've come so far together! |
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