inktober 2020

I went through three sketches before finally ending up with the one below. The iPad was going bonkers with the palm rejection and Procreate keep doing things like switching to the erase or a different color randomly. By the end I was just glad to be done.

I started late, so this is a fairly quick sketch, using a mix of studio and brush pens in Procreate. It is a RODENT, specifically a rat. Sorry, no Gum Gum People this time.

A razor blade, to be exact. I am now three four four on Gum Gum People (hee hee).

I used reference for the radio, which took a long time to get looking “right” because I didn’t want to cheat with real straight lines. I now understand why the Draw a Box tutorials have you start by drawing pages of lines. Drawing lines is hard!

I also had trouble with the gum gum person’s legs, of all things. He’s sitting on a beanbag chair, for which I used no reference. The shading makes it look like it might be a lump of coal instead. I can live with that.

And yes, Prompt #3 is currently missing. I hope to get it done tomorrow(ish).

I tried a few things here, the first being a campfire with a wisp of smoke floating up from it. It wasn’t very good. I tried a cigarette on the ground, with smoke wisping up from it. This was even worse. I started to think I might have to come back to the prompt late. This isn’t what I wanted for the second day, so I began thinking about how I could somehow incorporate a gum gum person and that’s how I ended up with a gum gum person conjuring fire. Kind of weird, but sometimes you just roll with these things.

It’s time for Inktober again, woo.

The first prompt is FISH and I cleverly drew a fish:

This year I am using:

• iPad Pro 12.9 inch
• 2nd generation Apple Pencil
• Procreate

Today’s prompt was done using the brush pen and eraser. A lot of eraser. The brush pen allows for great control of stroke thickness and opacity, which are two things I am good at bumbling around with, hence the eraser. The drawing is a combination of careful construction and winging it. A flying fish, if you will.

I am officially ready for Inktober 2020. Well, I still need to get the screen protector on my iPad Pro, but I’ll do that tomorrow–two whole days before!