Inktober 2018

I've been wanting to improve my drawing skills, and this year decided to participate in the #inktober challenge on Twitter, and followed the suggested prompts. I'm pretty proud of myself for following through and completing all 31 days.

I learned that I don't much care for using Micron 005 pens for coloring (that's really not what they're for), but they are nice for line work. Most of the illustrations I did do the initial drawing in pencil, then inked it. Some I used a photo reference, some not (some I really should have). I used pencils for color most of the time, and usually used my old Crayola pencils, because I forgot I had the much nicer Prismacolor set I got for Christmas (sitting literally within arm's reach). I like coloring with pencils, because the color is so much softer and more blendable. Anyway.

Here, in one place are all my crude, rude, and in some cases socially unacceptable Inktober ink drawings. I got fairly political and I'm very progressive. Gotta exercise those 1A rights while we still have 'em...

For size reference, the sketchpad I used was this one:

3.5 x 5" Strathmore 300 Series, fine tooth surface

#1 Poisonous, #2 Tranquil

#3 Roasted, #4 Spell [Note: the Greek is thru Google Translate, and I'm sure it's rough]

#5 Chicken [if you don't recognize this, go read this blog post – but pee first]

#6 Drooling

#7 Exhausted, #8 Star

#9 Precious & #10 Flowing

#10 Flowing – if felt like cheating to include two prompts in one, so I did Flowing again

#11 Cruel

#12 Whale

#13 Guarded, #14 Clock

#15 Weak [Mitch O'Connell]

#16 Angular, #17 Swollen

#18 Bottle

#19 Scorched, #20, Breakable

#21 Drain

#22 Expensive, "Ignorance cost more than education..." – Lord Avebury, John Lubbock

#23 Muddy, #24 Chop [Executioner is wearing a pink "pussy" hat.]

#25 Prickly [an unflattering, but not inaccurate, self-portrait]

#26 Stretch, #27 Thunder [my dog, hiding under my desk because of thunder]

#28 Gift, #29 Double

#30 Jolt

#31 Slice

Bonus from 10/2: "In response to a Tor.com article:
'The Peril of Being Disbelieved: Horror Fiction and the Intuition of Women'"