INKtober Day 12: Mr. Tortoise in His Sunday Best

Well, I've missed 4 days of Inktober (is it more? I don't really know!) So I'm trying to make up for it.

I drew this one on Sunday, but it really was supposed to be Saturday's drawing. I have some more

drawings in the works, but they're going to have to wait until tomorrow. 

Sorry about all the crazy confusion!

Mr. Tortoise always wears his Sunday best when he goes out to call on his neighbors. He is particularly proud of the blue feather in his fedora and his yellow necktie, which was 

lovingly sent to him by his grandmother Gertrude some years back.

INKtober Day 11: Elf

Today's Drawing: An Elf! 

This may or may not be a Legolas from The Lord of the Rings.

INKtober Day 10: Chobo the Warrior Tabby (Spera Fan Art)

Chobo the Warrior Tabby is also a character from Spera. He's a treasure hunting, no-nonsense cat.

He's one of my favorite characters from the comic, and it was a lot of fun drawing and painting him.

INKtober Day 9: Yonder (Spera Fan Art)

So, this is the second thing I've drawn for Inktober this year that is on fire. I'm okay with that.

This is Yonder from the webcomic Spera, which you can find here. I enjoy reading it periodically and I really enjoy the diverse set of artistic styles and sensibilities that the project brings to the table.

I've wanted to do some Spera fanart for some time, so Inktober seemed like a great chance to make it happen.

INKtober Day 8: Hipster Cat

"Hipster Cat"

*NOTE: Drawing the Sword is unaffiliated with Starbucks, Inc., and does not condone the consumption

of Pumpkin Spice Lattés or any beverage containing pumpkin flavoring

of any kind. The views expressed here belong solely to the cat.

Viewer discretion is advised. 

INKtober Day 7: Reepicheep

Reepicheep!

I decided that I should do a more lively rendition of Reepicheep from the Narnia books.

I used the same design from the image on my blog header, but added the eyepatch to make him seem a bit tougher. Hope it doesn't make him look too much like a pirate. 

What do you think?

Also, no watercolor today, I may color him digitally + watercolor later...

More tomorrow!

INKtober Day 6: Bison

Bison are magnificent animals. And they're really nice to draw.

The color was really fun on this one. I enjoyed sneaking in reds and greens into the fur, just to play around and see what type of effect it would give. I've really enjoyed experimenting with watercolor on this project. Hoping it'll start filtering through to my more serious work.

INKtober Day 5: The Stone Troll (excerpt) by J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Stone Troll" - an excerpt from the poem by J.R.R. Tolkien

I really enjoy the more obscure writings of Tolkien, and this is one of them. I'd like to do more illustrations based on these works, I think it's an overlooked opportunity for illustrators who gravitate more toward the epic tales of The Silmarillion, LOTR, and Hobbit (which are all fabulous).

No watercolors today - I want to wait and paint it when I have a bit more time. 

More tomorrow!

INKtober Day 4: Chivalry

 Chivalry isn't dead! But it might be about to get stung.

I like this one - it was a lot of fun to draw & paint.

More tomorrow!

INKtober Day 3: Phoenix

Inktober Day 3: Phoenix

Trying to experiment more with the watercolor side. This one got a little crazy. Also, all this wet on wet that I do is just deforming my paper. I need to practice more (and get less lazy) with making sure my surfaces won't buckle.

INKtober Day 2: Triceratops

 

Today's drawing is a dinosaur - triceratops, to be exact. Honestly, he looks like he would be more at home on the Barney show (although I doubt Barney would condone the smoking of tobacco). But what had at first hoped to be a rusty red, quickly turned into a mediocre pinkish-salmon color and my meager watercolor skills were exhausted beyond their capacity. That combined with the fact that Barney had appeared suddenly and had begun singing the "I Love You" song quickly put an end to my efforts at creating a worth-while piece of art.

Also, some of you may be wondering what materials I'm using for these drawings/paintings.

Here's a quick list:

Arches Hot Pressed 140-lb Watercolor Paper

Prismacolor Non-photo blue Pencil for underdrawing

Pentel Pocket brush pen (black)

Watercolors (all kinds, but Winsor-Newton, mostly)

More tomorrow!

 

 

INKtober Day 1: English Robin

Happy INKtober! To start off this month right, here's an English robin for you. Top is ink on hot pressed Arches watercolor paper, and on the bottom I added some quick watercolor washes. Hope you like!