#102 INKtober Day 10: Lord Vader Says

Here's the winning request from blog reader One of a Few: "Darth Vader posing with a big cup of french roast Starbucks." His request was chosen randomly out of ... one vote, his own (please note my sarcasm here).
Congratulations sir!

So thanks to everybody who participated... (crickets in the audience). We'll definitely have to do this again some time!

And happy 100th Post Anniversary to Drawing the Sword!
More INKtober tomorrow!

#101 INKtober Day 9: Plant Food

Plant Food.

Tomorrow I'll announce a winner for the 100th post giveaway!

#100 INKtober Day 8: Royal Guard

Today, a portrait of an Aidelonian Royal Guard. Pardon the crude columns in the background.
You may remember this dude from a post back in February, which you can read here. It'll give you more of the background on the character, and an alternate view with droid-demolishing action.

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And this is my 100th post on Blogger! Hooray! The blog has been a lot of fun, and as you saw yesterday, I'm doing a little giveaway. Comments will be open on that post until tomorrow. Then I'll select the winner (which probably won't be hard due to the lack of comments, ha ha). Then on Monday I'll do the winning drawing. Also, stay tuned for some changes I'm planning for Drawing the Sword in the coming months. Thanks for reading!

#099 INKtober Day 7: Pizza Monster

Better late than never! Had a lot to do today, so today's INKtober drawing was delayed a little. The Pizza Monster portrayed here is much like the ones that I drew when I was 9 or 10 - updated slightly with some added details & such. Oh, and in case you're wondering, Pizza Monsters never slice their pizza.

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On a side note: My blog is about to reach post #100! Tomorrow I'd like to do a giveaway of sorts (cause that's what people do I guess). So, if you'll leave a comment and tell me what you'd like to see me draw for INKtober, and I will pick a random comment and draw your request! WOO HOO! Celebrate! So, tell your friends. And you shall have a real drawing by me to call your own. There. Don't be shy! Comment! Thanks!

#098 Mr. Tumnis & Lucy (by Bethany)

For those of you who don't realize that my little 5 yr. old sister Bethany is a great illustrator, and a Photoshop painting wiz, here is proof that indeed she is!
Mr. Tumnis & Lucy from LWW walking by the lamp post! Drawn by her and painted in Photoshop all by herself. Good job Bethany! Some day I will have a collaborator, I just know it:)

#097 INKtober Day 6: Edgar & Otto

INTRODUCING: Edgar & Otto, your favorite 19th Century Gentlemen Scientists!

These two guys have been floating around in my head for the past couple of years, and have manifested themselves different ways, but now are making their grand internet debut for INKtober! I hope that they'll show up more in the near future... until then, "For Science!"

#096 INKtober Day 5: War of the Worlds

Recently listened to an audiobook of H.G. Wells creepy (and somewhat overrated) classic War of the Worlds so I figured this would be a great subject for INKtober.
And, no, the guy in the top hat is not doing disco moves.

#095 Boba Fett (in Blazing Technicolor)

Spent a couple of hours today coloring my INKtober sketch from Saturday. I used a more comic book approach for this one. I think it turned out pretty good!

#094 INKtober Day 4: Whale Convoy

Whale convoy in the sky!
Used a dark grey brush marker for some of the lines, which was a bit of a mistake when it came to the final product - looked a bit washed out.
Big thanks to good ol' Tony Cliff for his great tutorial on cleaning up scanned artwork. Made a huge difference this time around!
Also, as I mentioned on Twitter last night, if anyone has a request that you would like me to try (note the italicized try) to draw for you, I'd be happy to. Just shoot me a comment, email, tweet, whatever.
'Til next time, troopers!*

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*Not really sure what that means. But take it to mean that you're part of the club.

#093 INKtober Day 3: Space Creep

THIS IS A 100% GENUINE, AUTHENTIC SPACE CREEP.

Really fast one today. I was feeling kind of lazy. But Day 3 is on! I promise I will post Day 4 earlier in the day!
Nite.

#092 INKtober Day 2: Dwarf

Quite frankly, this guy freaks me out!
It's INKtober day 2! Hooray, I actually have enough self-discipline to pull one off again for the second time in a row! Let's see how well that keeps up...
I think this one made me realize how pitifully lacking I am in anatomy skills. But! This is for practice! For Improvements! For FUN. And it is. Thanks for checking it out, and a huge thanks to Jake for featuring my blog over at Agent44! I am honored and flattered.
'Til tomorrow Friends!

#091 INKtober Day 1: Boba Fett

It's October! Or INKtober, I should say!

I've decided (in a somewhat last-minute fashion) to take the INKtober Challenge as given by Jake Parker here. The object is this:

Every day in the Month of October, draw a pen & ink sketch!

It's that easy! And it's a great way to stretch your creativity.
So what better way to start than with the baddest dude in the universe, Boba Fett himself. I did this portrait with Zig Micron pens (I hope that counts as pen & ink!) in my Moleskine sketchbook. I think I should have probably left out Cloud City in the background, but I kinda liked the background element in there. Overall, it took me about 30 minutes.
So thanks Jake for the challenge, and I look forward to seeing all you other INKers come up with!