Inktober 2016 Day 31 - Friend

ink on paper, A4

The only technique that I can think of, that I haven´t used yet during inktober: Pointilism

Inktober 2016 Day 30 - Wreck

 I wrecked it! 
1. I unevenly spread the ink 
2. I burnt part of the paper
3. I tore holes in the paper
4. I scratched the paper
5. I spillt juice on the paper
6. I let the ink drop and run on the paper
7. I rolled the edge of the paper
8. I let the paper crubmle while erasing
9. I took a crappy picture of the piece allowing shadows and blurry parts


Defnitely one of the most fun things I ever did. ^_°

Inktober 2016 Day 29 - Surprise

ink on paper, A4

Some more hatching and crosshatching. I chose a beloved Walt-Disney character for todays motto.

Source of the original picture:
http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/12/1915773_362234117854_3481239_n.jpg

Inktober 2016 Day 28 - Burn

ink on paper, A4

Handy photo, will be replaced by higher quality picture soon!

Inktober 2016 Day 27 - Creepy

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Inktober 2016 Day 26 - Box

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Inktober 2016 Day 25 - Tired

ink on paper, A4

too tired to control every stroke
too tired for symmetry
too tired for anatomy
too tired to draw a sketch first
too tired to care about proportions
too tired for shading and proper shadows
too tired to finish the picture

Inktober 2016 Day 24 - One Dozen

ink on paper, A3
One Dozen Styles

One character (my chibi) drawn in a dozen different styles of popular animated series. This will also receive some coloring when Inktober has ended, because I feel at the moment, it really doesn´t look like my chibi, but a lot like just copying lineart. 
Here are the titles of the original series:

The Simpsons         Sailor Moon             Family Guy            The Flintstones
Ducktales               Powerpuff Girls        The Smurfs            Futurama
Pokemon                South Park              Justice League       The Fairly OddParents

Inktober 2016 Day 23 - Slow

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Inktober 2016 Day 22 - Little

ink on paper, A3

I have always wanted to do a pokemon fanart. I loved pokemon when I was a kid.
This lineart is going to be colored when Inktober has ended :-)

Inktober 2016 Day 21 - Big

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I used a photo I found on the internet. 
Credit: Blend Images/John Lund Vetta Getty Images 

Another quick but fun one. Very simple idea and execution. However, I try to use many different techniques in Inktober and I hadn´t used this one yet. 

Inktober 2016 Day 20 - Squeeze

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Inktober 2016 Day 19 - Flight

ink and white ballpoint-pen on paper, A3

Inktober 2016 Day 18 - Escape

ballpoint-pen on paper, A4

This is more of a doodle, I guess. I made it during my break at work.While I do like the idea, I am only half satisfied with the outcome, but that is to be expected, if you doodle on copy-shop-paper at 3 a.m.

Inktober 2016 Day 17 - Battle

Ink o paper, A4

Ehhhm yeah...

Inktober 2016 Day 16 - Wet

Materials: wax and ink on paper, A4
Time: about 90 minutes

It has been forever that I wanted to try out this technique. So I lit a candle and used a rather small paintbrush to paint the white wax on the paper. I had to use very quick brush strokes, so the hot wax wouldn´t cool on the paintbrush itself. After the wax was dried, I used a pipette to drop the ink on the top of the paper and watched the droplets run down the paper. But I have to admit I also used a paintbrush to color in the face and the body at first to make sure the guy itself turned out recognizable. At first I thought of ironing the whole paper, to draw the wax out, but then I liked the little droplets on the wax itself, so I left it on.

Also, I made a red cross in the calendar for this was one of the very few occasions I drew a male character  

Inktober 2016 Day 15 -Relax

Ink on paper, A4

For this very interesting prompt I chose the "artists meditation" itself. One can argue whether it is a doodle or a zentangle - yes, I currently learned the difference. Since it has recognizable shapes and a clear "bottom" and "top", its probably a doodle. But the relaxation, the focus on the process itself without straying thoughts, the "one stroke at a time" and the repeated patterns are would make it a zentangle as well.

Overall its probably a zentangly-doodle ;-)

Inktober 2016 Day 14 - Tree

So... this is one I really had fun with. 

The upper left corner is a photoraphy of the original drawing. For the other ones I used picasa to mess with the backgrounds. 

For the original I simply used my black ink and a pipette to drop the ink on the paper. Then I used a straw to blow the ink around the paper and just enjoyed the beauty of it :-)

So..... (drumroll) : this is really no inkdrawing, its an inkstrawing (badum-tssss) ^_^

Inktober 2016 Day 13 - Scared

Inktober 2016 Day 12 - Worried

ink and white gel roller on paper, A4

So.. there are many things one ought to be worried about these days...
This is one of them for me.


Source of the original photography: https://rawconservative.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/clinton-vs-trump-1.jpg

Inktober 2016 Day 11- Transport

Media: Ink for the outlines and grey scaled tiles, watercolors for Kirby and his Warp-Star
Size: A3
Technique: I started drawing random lines across the paper and when I felt I had enough lines, I turned the paper until I "saw" a medium of transport. Initially I wanted to do a train or a rocket or an airplane, but all of a sudden I had this idea of a warping Kirby. 


So. Initially I wanted to stick the whole Inktober to ink only, but I sediously needed some color to lighten the mood. And I din´t have any yellow or pink artists ink, so I broke my own rules.  

Anyways, I like the outcome of the cuddly round Kirby in his cubistic world.   

Inktober 2016 Day 10 - Jump

Ink on Paper, A4

Inktober 2016 Day 09 - Broken

Ink on Paper, A4

Inktober 2016 Day 08 - Rock

Ink on Paper, A4

Inktober 2016 Day 7 - Lost

Ink on Paper, A4

Inktober 2016 Day 6 - Hidden

Ink on Paper, A4

So the theme for today was hidden.

I thought about people hiding their true emotions, while always displaying a neutral or slightly happy face to their environment.

Inktober 2016 Day 5 - Sad

Ink on Paper, A4

I know, the idea of someone crying for the theme "sad" isn´t very original. But I still liked to do it!

So I gave crosshatching another try and I am quite happy with it. 
While I still havent mastered in portraying realistically, the proportions are off intentionally on this one :-)

Inktober 2016 Day 4 - Hungry

Inktober 2016 Day 4 - Hungry
Ink on Paper, A4

Ask any kid where food comes from and the answer is gonna be "mommy"
:-D

Inktober 2016 Day 3 -Collect

Inktober 2016 Day 3 -Collect
Ink on Paper, A4

I wanted the third one with the prompt "collect" to be a little more deep and also I wanted to give a little variety in technique, as well as in style and theme, so instead of a quill, I used paintbrushes only. 

I thought about how I see more and more people getting lost on the internet. 
We all post pictures, videos, music and artwork and almost anything else that can be uploaded. We hope for Llamas, Likes, Stars, Points, Thumbs, Faves, Watches or whatever the internet has to offer. We hope that as many people as possible will notice our effort, will compliment our results and give us the virtual acknowledgement we all seem to need so badly. 

So this one is to remind us all, that self-esteem mostly comes from oneself. Not the internet. 

So work hard and be proud of what you achieved and whatever you did. 

And if someone else gives you a watch, fave or Llama, put that ON TOP of your own happiness and do a happy-hippo-dance.  

(Yes, I also yearn for virtual confirmation and am ridiculously when people take the time to look at my art)

Seashell Fairy

Seashell Fairy
Ink on Paper, A3
watersoloable colored pencils

Finally I finished with the drawing.I wanted to enter it or a draw-it-again-contest for the fun of it ^_^It is nice to see the improvement, though I didnt change much in the lineart. I kept it mostly monochromatic, because I wanted to keep a little of the original character of the pencildrawing I made 10 years ago

Inktober 2016 Day 2 -Noisy

Day 2 Inktober Challenge-Noisy
Ink on Paper A4

So that prompt was really easy for me! 
I immediately thought of my wonderful, yet pretty noisy family.  
Though my husband is very gifted and plays beautifully, my two toddlers do their best to imitate their parents and try out our various instruments. Usually first leading to three people playing at the same time, which is immediately followed by the fight over the most desirable instrument (usually being either the piano or the drums).  

So I enjoyed this day very much (even if the inking isn´t perfect)  

Inktober 2016 Day One -Fast

Inktober Challenge 2016 Day One -Fast

The prompt for day one was "Fast". So I thougt about how fast autumn was arriving and how quickly the leaves are turning and falling. 


Ink on paper, A4