Inktober #1: 304 West German Street
Added 2018-10-02 04:26:19 +0000 UTCThis inktober is gonna be a tough one for me this year! The book I'm working on is going to be very environment-heavy, and environments are NOT my forte. So I'm going to practice drawing houses, rooms, and other scenes for the rest of the month, mostly from Shepherdstown.
This is the house that inspired the very book I'm writing, so it seemed fitting to start here. This is me drawing it how I normally would - clumsily, impatiently, and with a brush pen. My goal is to draw places like this simply, gracefully, and with a brush pen (although I may give up on this particular brush pen - it's a Kuretake Zig "Clean Color Real Brush" and it is GREAT, but it's also unforgiving!).
In the meantime, here are some process shots of the new header image & avatar I drew in celebration of finally starting this book! I may not be a whiz at drawing backgrounds, but I can still draw a human and a cat pretty alright!
These were both mainly drawn with my go-to tools: a Zebra extra fine brush pen and Copic warm grey markers. If I can't make those Zig brushes work, I'll probably go back to these old standbys!
Comments
Hey, thanks! I'm glad I've faked it well enough thus far! ;) Enjoy your inktober, toooooo!
Danielle Corsetto
2018-10-03 17:03:53 +0000 UTCI'm surprised backgrounds are a weak point for you, I've always admired yours! Here's to inktober and us all getting a little stronger. π€
Vee
2018-10-03 16:58:10 +0000 UTCThanks! I was really happy with it! :D
Danielle Corsetto
2018-10-03 04:57:54 +0000 UTCI really like how the header image came out!
Michelle Johnson
2018-10-03 03:33:21 +0000 UTC[happy dance emoji] Operation "if I can see the color of my walls, I haven't framed and hung enough art" continues. :)
Andy Ihnatko
2018-10-02 20:02:05 +0000 UTCY'know, I should. I already have a lot of people interested on Insta. I'll make a little discount code for patrons and sell them near the end of the month if I can!
Danielle Corsetto
2018-10-02 19:51:59 +0000 UTCWill you be selling your Inktober drawings at some point?
Andy Ihnatko
2018-10-02 19:49:27 +0000 UTCI wouldn't be surprised if he GREW THEM
Danielle Corsetto
2018-10-02 15:13:53 +0000 UTCPip is hilarious looking. BTW, Target is selling a little toy bat in their Halloween line that's the spitting image of Pip except for the wings, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have those.
Nancie
2018-10-02 15:08:28 +0000 UTCI'm certain that I'll read anything you write/draw. Don't look so daunted! Can exteriors be any more difficult than lady bits?
Ruth Merriam
2018-10-02 14:14:17 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure Pip's about to eat your signature.
Andy Ihnatko
2018-10-02 04:40:34 +0000 UTC
