Inktober Day#10

Day 10
A crab - apparently I have got a sea food platter theme going on this weekend.....

Inktober Day#9

Day 9
It's a squid....evil looking - with a bowler hat. Really not much to say about this one - Went through some of my old sketches and this guy was among them. Pretty pleased with how he turned out - only thing is a missing tentacle.....so that will make him an....heptapus I guess? 

Inktober Day#8

Day 8
Today it is a quick sketch of a raven - random image found on google....

Inktober Day#7

Day 7
More Ink, water, brushes and pens....had a lot of fun - but none of it really worked for me to night - made three "drawings" I call this one "No Ideas on a Wednesday Evening" It is a....I have no idea what it is - but like when you watch clouds and all of a sudden you can see a dog etc. this blob turned into a birds head and a dinosaur/godzilla-like creature before my very eyes.....and now I must sleep.
Hope to do better tomorrow :)  

Inktober Day#6

Day 6
Play with old fashioned pen, brush and some ink that has seen better days (almost all the pigment in the ink has over the years formed a hard ball leaving only grey-ish ink-water behind.)
In case you are wondering; it's a tree and some clouds.....actually a fun and free little exercise, think I just might do more of this.

Inktober Day#5

Day 5
Today's sketch is a happy rhino. And now while I am still high on the fumes from the markers I shall go to bed and have magnificent dreams.

Inktober Day#4

Day 4
Due to family visit during the weekend I didn't get around to do a drawing yesterday - as a penance I've made 2 today. Both sketches a little rushed as I am currently fresh out of ideas, a little tired and in need of getting my dishes done before going to bed.
So today's selection features a little angry monster-type dude, and a sad-ish triceratops.

Inktober Day#2

Day 2
It's a cowboy. Inked directly on the sketch - worked a lot better, so I'm pretty pleased with that.
The face of the cowboy works, but there where no clear idea behind his pose - and what should he do with his hands. And it shows. Also the use of both gray maker and the black crosshatches.....well there is still room for improvement.
But I'm still in the race ;)

Inktober Day#1

Day 1
So day #1 in Inktober 2015. It's a semi sad croc. I had a sketch of him lying around, a sketch that I really liked. But something happens when I decide to "clean up" my work - I feel like the drawing...well dies in a way. I think it is because I want the drawing to be to "perfect" instead of just making a drawing that works.
And so this is one of my goals in doing this challenge - a drawing a day - preferably a sketch - no clean up, no old sketch that I re-do and in the process ends up killing.
A perfect sketch with all its imperfections :)

I didn't succeed to day - not entirely, but I made the drawing, I got started - pats myself on the.  shoulder

Inktober is coming up....

....and I'll be participating. Or I'll give it a try at the very least. At had never heard about inktober before a friend from work told me about it - and lured me on board.
The concept is pretty simple - make a drawing in ink every day throughout October and post it somewhere on the Internet.
You can find more about it here; http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober

So today I went out and got some supplies. Had I not controlled myself I would have bought even more.....maybe I'll return Monday - they had some nice grey ones :)
And now even though October is almost two weeks away, I think maybe I'd better get started on the training - drawing one picture a day will be daunting especially after a long and hard day at work.