/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

FAQ
>Can I sketch with a pencil first?
Yes
>Can I use x for Inktober?
You can use any marker, pen or brush
>Can I draw digitally?
Yes, no one is going to stop you from doing so, but you'll be missing out >>3136209
>I missed a day. Can I still participate?
Sure

>Helpful links
Alphonso Dunn channel, pen and ink tutorials https://www.youtube.com/user/LighterNoteProd
Scott Robertson channel https://www.youtube.com/user/scottrobertsondesign

>Artist pages shared for inspiration
https://www.instagram.com/tsulala/
http://ikkibaguni.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/johnpaulleon/media
https://www.instagram.com/hans.o1o/
https://www.instagram.com/ewan_ewan/
https://www.instagram.com/poch4n/
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=3074351

Have fun and don't give up

I got a micron pen and it's sooo much nicer than the ballpoint I was using before

First brush and ink thing

>>3158636

First ever?

>>3158638
yeah I ended up using it like acrylic paint but I'm open to other methods. Trying ink washing for my next one.

>>3158644

Pretty fucking good for first ever.

>>3158636
brother, can i have belog?

>>3158654
noodles-for-doodles-draws on tumblr

Its just shitty lewds now tho

My second Attempt at inking with brush.

Bad swift art

Bad swift art. I wanted to challenge myself by not sketching it out first.

do you guys have more prompt lists? i cant really get any fresh ideas going..

Happy day 2 fellas

>>3158714
Google or use https://www.magatsu.net/generators/art/index.php

>>3158720
thanks mate!

Day 2

Happy Day 2!

>>3158626
coooool
>>3158718
cute! her feet look a lil wonky but i think that's just the pose

Number 3.

Chain your posts, let's see how many make it to day 31

There were about 70 participants last thread

>>3158778
>chain your posts
how?

>>3158793
reply to your own post with the next drawing, linking them together

day 1/2

>>3158803
I'll just start doing this with day three linking to day 2

pig rocketeer

I know this is an autistic question, so bear with me. I'm rather good when it comes to sketching and drawing with graphite but I always find myself avoiding using ink. Like I almost fear messing up the drawing and having to completey scrap whatever I was working on. I find myself drawing first, then inking over whatever it is I drew.

Is there any techniques, methods or tips to get over pen/inking confidence. Should I keep a sketchbook specifically for ink works? Dank you.

>>3158844
Someone linked a video in the previous thread (or the one before that?) of someone talking about this. If you feel like you're tracing over you pencil drawing, your pencil drawing is too detailed. You should never be tracing over pencil lines. Just do a couple doodles in this fashion and see how it works out.

Day 2

day 1 >>3158150
day 2 was dragon fruit divided. I wanted something simple that wasn't a citrus fruit. I tried doing more dynamic line widths to make it less flat but it was getting late and I was tired.

Crits would be lovely!

>>3158844
For me it's the opposite I don't fear messing up cause i know I can draw to disguise where I messed up. Also I feel pencil drawings aren't incompatible let's without ink...

>>3158872
It's a bit flat but it's good anon!

29 days to go!

here was day 1 you know me

>>3158757
>>3158810
Very cute/aesthetically appealing you guys! Blog/insta?

>>3158883
I like it senpai, keep it up!

>>3158778
K

>>>3157009 day one

This one is day two. Divided. It looks so shit.

>>3158876
thanks, I know I really have to work on my line widths when it comes to flatness

>>3158868
Forgot to link back to my day one
>>3157817

>>3158888
nice quads senpai, also thank you so much!
@lovelyliliss on insta, though i mostly post doodles there.
My deviantart is https://lovelyliliss.deviantart.com/

>>3158925

"Ink"

>>3158925
ffs

>>3158928
pretty, but you're really stretching it to call this inktober

>>3158810
I like this a lot!

Day 1: Swift

>>3158972
And Day 2: Divided

#2

Guy's being sent to the afterlife from his body after browsing and falling for the most negative posts, he just couldnt take it anymore.

God just 15min ago I realized I forgot to draw. I was planning to try this time...

To be a little more interactive with the spookiness and anons. Also the movie I was watching previously was "What Lies Beneath" (2000) if anybody was interested. Can you guess the show in the back and which episode? Hint: "You can't help but feel a little rejected..."

>>3158973
day 1 was seasonal witch

day 2 is urban witch

I fucked up on the proportions a lot but I still like it kinda

#2

Guy's being sent to the afterlife from his body after browsing and falling for the most negative posts, he just couldnt take it anymore.

God just 15min ago I realized I forgot to draw. I was planning to try this time...

To be a little more interactive with the spookiness and anons. Also the movie I was watching previously was "What Lies Beneath" (2000) if anybody was interested. Can you guess the show in the back and which episode? Hint: "You can't help but feel a little rejected..."

>>3158980
pic alone

>>3158934
>Watchu mean homie, this is digital inkwash

>>3157305

Day 2.

Day 2's work using Faber-Castell Pitt markers.

>>3158846

Got a link for that video?

I wanna get out of ink limbo without feeling guilty after drawing something nice and completely fucking it up by making a mistake

Probably fucked up some anatomy, but here is my day 2.

>>3158992
Love this one anon.

>>3158996
Day 1 was a bunch of shit, here's one of the pieces.

>>3159003
Sanford Uniball Micro ballpoint pen.

>>3158553
Do i have to follow the daily prompt? Its my first year participating and I don't know lots of things, the FAQ helped a lot though

Day 2: a lost child

>>3159008
Nah, you can draw whatever you like. Some people make their own prompt lists and do them

>>3158810
That cat has had enough of their shit

day 1 and i'm already behind

kill me now

>>3159010
Thanks, I was worried because my pictures for the first two days only vaguely related to the daily prompts.

>>3158254
Last thread

day 2

>>3157252
thanks anon!

>>3159016

Day 2 late again

I don't know what I'm doing

>>3157936
My figure drawing can use work but I had tons of fun with this one.

Day 1, forgot to post last night

I always abandon before the end of the first week, Im determined to finish this time

>>3159002

You shouldn't, but thanks.

>>3159025
>>3159033
>>3159066
damn these are good. where'd you guys learn how to draw clothing? it's a total blindspot for me. i sort of just draw lines where i think they should be about without any real form.

Here's my day 2, hope today turns out better.

insta is slendermike btw

>>3159042

lovely colors! watercolor?

I Kno my stippling is kinda shitty but I just got back into drawing shit and I had some bad recent episodes of anxiety and this kinda helped.

fuck it, I'll post. Day 1 from yesterday. Going to color in the background and shit eventually but I wanted to take a "finished" pic. Couldn't resist the red, but looking at other work in this thread, I'm glad I didn't.

>>3159073
and day 2. Started my new job today so this one was a little rushed but my friends liked it so that's reassuring.

>>3158383
Day 3

I'm a day behind because of work and school, but this was my swift for day one. Sorry for image size. Currently finishing a negative space assignment.

Would really like a (you).
>>3159073
Looking forward to seeing you finish the background, good stuff.
>>3158772
Got a blog or something?

>>3159066
and day 2 divided

fucked up the face lmao always a struggle with them

>>3159068
Uh personally I spent a lot of time drawing angels in hs and got a big appreciation for the flowy robes or w/e. before that I couldnt draw fabric for shit so I guess it carried over into other clothes?
good luck with figuring clothing out Im still struggling

Day two
I did this one with penic, water color, and ink

day 2, and i really need to learn how to render clouds with ink

>>3159068 #
i try to think about the gravity of the material and how that weighs it down in certain places
my fabric rendering is still pretty shite desu

>>3159069
Damn, that looks really nice. Also checked out your instagram, wish I was that good, too! Keep going!

>>3159088
also just made a twitter, no posts yet, @brevicus
pls follow

I am garbage but at least I did a few doodles before bed. All the ink and the girl are tonight but the top part was an abandoned watercolor. No pencil was used for the ink drawings. Just a size 1 brush and the Higgins black magic ink.

Day three of Inktober. So a few things to note, the legs and feet are off. Really screwed the pooch there. That hand is also a bit meh and the tits need some work. Face doesn’t translate that well either.

>>3157970

Day 2 - didn't know what to draw, but I think i'll try to collage them all into one giant drawing at the end

day 2

Someone in the last thread asked for my blog: nosnk.tumblr.com. Not much there yet though.

>>3159025
>>3159033
>>3158992
>>3158888
>>3158883
>>3158772
>>3159069
>>3159094
Y'all negroes are making me want to finally pick up drawing.

>>3159088
Thanks, only some stuff on tumblr, I'm kinda lazy social media-wise, plus I don't have a smartphone, so no instagram...

>>3159157
>excuses
i post on instagram through my pc

>>3159157
forgot the address
https://psdraw.tumblr.com/
>>3159161 I'll look into that.

Aight fuck that, Im starting to learn to draw today. I'm not really aiming high, just wanna get decent enought to be able to regularly and semi-effortlessly create content impressive to average person.
Trick is, I fell in love with a brush pen (if that's even the name of this thing) my gf's sister left around after going abroad. It's a Pentel GFKP Japan from what it says on the pen. Is there a specific route for maximizing gains in scope of using that and a cheap ass bic yellow fine pens as my weapons of choice? Any bad habits to avoid?
Wish me luck, I set a target of being able to participate in inktober next year.

/blogpost

>>3159139
So I gave it another go for day three and ended drawing two more images.

Left is from a reference and right is me attempting to do a front version of that reference. I did use a light table for some of it and then eye-balled it. Lots of practice/study required outside of the inktober challenge most certainly.

Lots of fuck ups, I wasn't nearly as attentive as it should have been. Today just isn't my day, lets see what tomorrow brings us.

day 3, poison

>>3159182
hopefully i don't fuck this up at some point

>>3159173
>Pentel GFKP
Great brush pen. Scott Robertson has a video with some general tips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POaXl7g4ie8

Since you're an absolute beginner I recommend you to start doing line exersices with normal pen first. Good luck

>>3159186
do you have any sketch work you draw outside of this piece? I imagine a lot of planning is required to do this.

>>3158888
Thanks! I'm @gurliebot on Instagram

>>3159187
Thanks a whole lot for the video.
>I recommend you to start doing line exersices with normal pen first.
Gonna stick to that, I intent on completing Keys to drawing and drawbox first, probably mixing them depending on what I feel like doing more.

>>3159009
>no ink

Wrong thread

>>3159188
nah im just winging it, ill draw it lightly in blue pencil first but thats more for the shape design.

>>3159186
Goin guud mane

Is it not recommended to use marker on bristol?

Reminder anyone who does "digital ink" and submits it for this could be hung from a rope and the art world would suffer no loss.

>>3159155
If you're not drawing in the first place then why are you here

Hello day 3! Probably my least favorite yet from inktober, but whatevs.
Crits are welcome as usual, all the kind words you had to say about the last drawing were really heartwarming!
Some kind souls also asked for my blog, so yeah, I'm @keasart on Instagram, let's be friends!

>>3158360

>>3159182
I like your idea. I for real can't think of anything poison related which is not generic as fuck.

>>3158551

Day 2 - Divided. Still struggling with shadows and value.

Is it a big deal if I do inktober and don't stick to the themes for each day?

>>3158992

Love the color and depth. Copics?

day three, getting quite lazy here, most peoples stuff ive seen are real nice

>>3159025

Amazing line control and form. Really great.

>>3159293
totally f ed that skull, i couldnt go back once inked.

>>3159091

Are you from Chicago? Looks like the CTA.

>>3158147

Day 3: Gulpin POISONED? Used a School nib for this.

>>3159315
Try to go over the eye lines a few times, I had trouble figuring out where its face is.

>>3158685
Dropped some ink all over the paper. Scribbled what I could.

>>3159292

Yessir.

My scanner doesn't capture the richness.

>>3158718
A chimera girl for day 3

>>3158757
Thanks mang, the wonky feet are probably a result of my inability to draw feet. Really cute style you have, I like how clean and simple it is.

>>3159186
Looking really cool, I'm excited to how how this will look at the end of the month

i fuckin love autumn bros

>>3159186
I really like this idea. You got an Insta or blog I can follow?

Day 3- poison
rip in pieces samurai boi

Day 2

>>3159521
And a retarded kitten for day 3

>>3158551
Poison

extra edgy
I cant draw humans so excuse me

The drawing is about an old guy dying from the poison in his drink

>>3159154
This looks really great!!

>>3158439
3

I am not going to be this ambitious for any more daily drawings this month. My eyes hurt.

>>3159573

Thats a huge piece bro.

>>3159575
Way easier and faster to work big. Especially with a brush.
Try it if you haven't.

I need to not draw on a flat surface. it looks alright when viewed from the angle I drew it, but not like this

>>3159582
Easier to work big huh? I've been learning to sketch and draw with ink with different tools and never thought to practice ''big''. Maybe things will look better if I try this.

>>3158497

>>3159586
Working big is almost always a good idea. It gives you more leeway and allows you to move your arm in a more controlled fashion. There I drew on a A2 (which I think is the smallest "large" format). For ink you could easily go with a A1. And with fatter brushes, the sky's the limit.

>>3159602
Been drawing on a smaller sketchbook for this inktober so I can scan the image properly. I don't like taking photos with a smartphone (its all I got for a camera). As I'll have to piece the image together otherwise.

not liking this one as much as 1 and 2, but i wanted to keep it up and i think 4 will turn out better. this ones a wasteland ranger or something.

>>3158810
day 3

>>3159608
I can understand this. But a shitty photo of a good drawing will always be better than a great photo of a crappy drawing. Don't diminish your gains because of a lack of hardware.

>>3159627
Will give it a shot, might help deal with some issues in the last few days of drawing. I have the sketchbooks, but wanted to burn through some of my smaller ones. I'll figure it out.

>>3159636
Do both. Always draw more m8

I miss my tablet desu. So many mistakes I can't fix with ctrl + T

>>3159654
Kek. That only means you were already developing bad habits, anon. Glad this is helping you.

Day 3 , Im following a Yokais prompt, today was Kuchisake onna

>>3157725
day 1: swift
>>3158514
day 2: divided

Day 3: poison

>>3159285
The only rule is to use ink *stares at the digital-fags*. Themes and challenges are up to you.

>>3159668
really like the inking on the hair.

Day 3. Mushrooms are weird as heck.

>>3159569
Thanks!

Day 3 here, finally starting to ink more loosely, using the finger to smudge and all.

>>3159696

nice folds on the skirt!

>>3159706
good shit

>>3159706
>wercome to the rice fierd muthafucka
ftfy

>>3159448
>>3159216
thank you
>>3159457
yeah its https://www.evaneley.tumblr.com

>>3159710
>>3159706

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8a3gjt_Ar0

I'm behind because of school but here's my day 1/2

>>3159668
this is great, you got a blog?

>>3159186
I can already see this going viral

>>3159186
how do you com up with interesting buildings/street structure? i find myself having a lot of trouble with scenes like this. this is really cool man, would love to have a blog or something from you.

>>3158323
Day 2
>>3158340
Thanks anon

Saving ink mostly for 24 Hour Comic, so small should do.

>>3159745
>24 hour comic day
>i dont even have anything storyboarded
>i dont even have paper

>>3159749
If I remember this correctly, Scott McCloud wrote on his homepage that improv is encouraged: http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/24hr/dare/index.html

Day 3. I suck at inking

>>3158636
day 3

>>3159797
To be fair, you haven't inked yet - this is just an outline.

>>3159834
I'm still finding a way to do it, i'm using just a 005 micron pen, i get the fell that my inking makes my drawings too much 'two-dimensional' in a bland way. I'm keeping up with the inktober and hope that by the end of the month i'll have learned something new.

Decided to draw Elise for day 3 - poison

>>3159834
But i just keep making such a mess!
Well, I'm interested in all kind of advice

>>3159870
>uni pin
Good choice on tech pen, anon. I feel their lines are more fixed then the microns. Shame Jetpens only sell them in 4 sizes. Also sweet Elise.

>>3158772
Day 4, underwater thumbnails!

I've been drawing with pencil lately so my ink skills are rusty, trying to get back into it with some brush pens I got. Do you guys usually sketch in pencil before you start drawing with ink? I feel like I should've done that...

Here's day 3

>>3159186
this is so clean dude
>>3159154
cute
>>3159069
really nice.
>>3158772
>>3159903
i really like these, esp the first one

here's my day 3

This is my day 2

>>3159186
Heyy I've seen those, follow you on Instagram.

>>3158745
Day 3. Man my stuff is getting crap

missed the first two I already failed.

man I couldn't decide if I wanted to do Inktober this year, but I'm feeling a tinge of guilt as I let the days slip by. I participated last year, and I love that by doing so I ended up nearly filling my sketchbook. My only problem is that I love going into detail and the challenge put a lot of stress on me. Because I wanted to keep up, while trying to focus on college work. :/
My Birthday is on Halloween and I feel like it's my obligation to participate

>>3160001
>couldn't decide if I wanted to do Inktober this year
Same here, I've done it the past 3 years, and every year I feel like shit about 13 days in.

I decided to do it anyways this year in addition to making a 6ft Godzilla for my yard and finishing an app. I basically work one month out of the year, and its worth it.

>>3159173
dooooo it! You got this anon!!

>>3160006
Ah sounds like you've got some side projects too! I mean I might do it anyways, but first I'll probably go out and get a new sketchbook. Like a moleskin sleeved one, those are super nice.

>every year I feel like shit about 13 days in.

IF I do end up participating it'll be my 3rd year too. I generated my own prompts in advanced last year, which made it easier, but it was still a little exhausting.

My first 3 days of Inktober, I didn't like the first one.

>>3160054
I kinda like the first one anon. It sets the stage for the other ink drawings to come. Because it's very plain and then throughout the rest of your work you incorporate hues to each individual. I like that theme.

>>3160061
Thanks, it was one of those things that I liked it more during the sketching stage.

>>3158977
Someone help me

>>3160075
>that effect on the pendent
H-how did you do it?

>>3160077
Did it with black ink and a brush and then went over it with thin layers of iridescent gold ink.

>>3158757
happy day three!

>>3159069
every single aspect of this is perfect and really inspiring to me

>>3159448
i can't draw feet for shit either lmao. the one you did for today is great dude!! nice pose, nice character

>>3160054
great anatomy in these anon, though my only qualms are that you seem to like drawing the thighs a little long and the left hand of the second looks a bit off to me. otherwise great work!!!

Day 3
Would like to hear critique

>>3160107
I fucking love the concept and it's drawn very well, but you have to go darker with you darkest values. Push it here and there to really define recessed shadows and points of interest. We should be able to distinctly tell your drawing from the others by the thumbnail.

>>3160116
Thanks dude

>>3160099
>great anatomy in these anon, though my only qualms are that you seem to like drawing the thighs a little long and the left hand of the second looks a bit off to me. otherwise great work!!!
Thank you, I'll tone down the Bayonetta proportions next time. Cute bunny btw, your style is very clean.

>>3160123
>bayonetta proportions
lel, but really I love these to death. do you have an insta or dA I could follow?
also danke!

>>3160130
Sure, dlusionalx on insta

>>3159279
You're a good storyteller, but your art is very amateurish. Practice and keep going, you have something a lot of /ic/ hasn't.

I wish I was good enough to participate in inktober ;_;
I just started drawing and currently studying the fundamentals.

Maybe I can do still lifes with ink?

>>3160156
dude, inktober is all about improvement. if you TRY to draw something in ink for 31 days, chances are youre gonna get better at it. just do it man. no matter how good you are.

day 2 >>3158872
day 3 is poisonous nightshade

actually tried to mess with line widths to make it less flat.

crits welcome and wanted

>>3159974
aw dude im loving this. hope well see more from you.

These are days 1 through 3, this year I've decided to add a character, or characters per day. As a bonus they're all from my D&D world.

>>3159974
noice

>>3159974
how did i not see this before? i'm in love with your art, anon

day 3.
apparently we're supposed to link our previous drawing, so day 2 >>3158216 and 1 >>3156876

here's the first one I did. It's of a kobold I named Braev. I'm still trying to improve with ink and the such since I haven't used it often.

>>3160242
This is the second one I did. also if you have any tips on ways to use ink or just drawing in general that would be appreciated and would be very helpful.

>>3160190
Are you going to expand on the canvas? If you run out of room for characters will you focus on detail for the rest of the days?

Day 3. You can see how impatient I got the farther down you go.

>>3160190
i really like the guys on the left
>>3160181
i like it but the black in the center can be filled it more
>>3160107
i really like it as well but yeah its kind of hard to see the toad.

id like to post but im already posting on >twitter and i dont want anyone to reverse image me. maybe ill skip a few days and post here.

>>3160247
I'm working on a 18"x24" sketchbook, I hope to have enough room for all of my characters, by day fifteen I'll gauge whether or not I'll need to start a new comp. But I do regret not starting further down on the page though
>this is day 4 so far, sea Knights for underwater

>>3160244
this is my third one.

Tfw i wanted to do this earlier but I only did it within the hour again lol im bad at managing time

Anyway this is based on stories from /x/ when people would go into the woods and actually find some tough wires tied to trees, areas where ATV's can go past. If driving fast enough, it'd slice your head off. People behind these stories suggest that whoever put those wires there are hiding something in the area, important enough to put an almost invisible death trap.

I realize my symmetry is ass but I wanted to submit within the day here (CST btw).

#3

Lmao you can definitely see here I worked on the tree most left more and then started losing patience.

Tfw i wanted to do this earlier but I only did it within the hour again lol im bad at managing time

Anyway this is based on stories from /x/ when people would go into the woods and actually find some tough wires tied to trees, areas where ATV's can go past. If driving fast enough, it'd slice your head off. People behind these stories suggest that whoever put those wires there are hiding something in the area, important enough to put an almost invisible death trap.

I realize my symmetry is ass but I wanted to submit within the day here (CST btw).

#3

Lmao you can definitely see here I worked on the tree most left more and then started losing patience.

Holy shit, is anyone else finding that doing ink instantly make drawing ten times more difficult? I genuinely feel like I'm learning how to draw all over again.

>>3160282
drawing with ink is so much more fun than pen/pencil I just feel so FREE with how I can GLIDE through SPACE

>>3159617
man, this is really damn cool

the messiness in the background is just so fitting

>>3160107
Looks rad, but you need some line weight

>>3160283
as an artist that usually does digital art, I'm really enjoying getting back into traditional pieces! it feels good to have a real, tangible thing in front of me again. inktober is really helping me, i think!

>>3159670
>I just watched this episode a few days ago

i actually like your drawing even more

>>3158551
>drew all year in ink
>draw with a pencil near end of last month
>like doing that again
>inktober shows up
>dont feel like drawing in ink any more .

Hey guys got any tutorial images or exercises to improve inkwork? Also any great works to do a study of? I already draw every day so this isn't much of a challenge would like to do more to improve. Using a cheap brushpen.

>>3159047
>No.3159047

Day 3

Ok, so I got this issue when- I can draw people at least...somewhat decently. BUT when it comes to making a background for them, I am just so at a loss. It's like I forget what a person in a room with things looks like. Same thing goes with architecture in general. I think restricting myself to 8.5x11in paper has possibly been limiting me or I don't know.

I actually get more apprehensive because I feel like I have to have the room/environment perfectly proportioned to the person/thing I drew, and it feels like the background and the person are like two different works merged into one. >>3160279 is mine.

Maybe I should finally move to drawing people and their backgrounds. It's like I have an issue with space and dimension, I don't know what it is specifically. I think maybe I've spent too much time looking things/drawing things up close?

It's like...if I tried to draw >>3159186 from my imagination, it'd just go off the paper. I mean it's easy to say to just work small. But I don't know. Maybe I should try to make drawings that seem distanced one day.

I feel like I'm going everywhere with this- anybody know where I'm getting at- with some clue at least?

>>3160317
Anon I'd definitely recommend drawing your subjects in an environment. I wouldn't know what advice to give, as there are many ways to tackle this, but it helps to view it as an entire composition, and maybe work from foreground to background. Maybe do t think of what environment you'd like to give the subject, but rather go into the drawing thinking what scene is taking place. What's the narrative, what story does this one drawing tell.

>>3160328
I will definitely take this into consideration- it's funny- I can simplify things into shapes and lead into the bigger picture when referencing something, but, man, add an environment and I am completely gone for some reason.

Thanks anon- one of these days I will make an inktober drawing related to this answer. I will make time to at least storyboard a little.

>>3159061
Please excuse the garbage costuming because I am horrible at clothing among other things. Also excuse my shadow. But I still had a lot of fun with this one.
>>3159069
>>3159573
These are great
>>3159706
This is my favorite. Blog?
>>3160075
Nigga the broken hand looks painful
>>3160237
I like it, especially the helmets
>>3160255
I've been meaning to watch Made in the Abyss.
>>3160269
Cute. Also are those grapes?

>>3159033
Day 3

h-here I go!

Seems like a good thread. My ink bottle is running out, and I want to get the really good stuff this time.

What I want (in order) is:
Fade/UV proof
As dark as possible
Water resistant (so I can go over with watercolours)
Usable with technical pens, fountain pens, brushes.

Any recommendations based on what I need it to do?
If it's impossible to do all of it, I might be able to get 2 different bottles (as long as it's UV proof)

and day 3, an hour past midnight once again

on the upside, i'm trying some new brush pens and they're absolutely amazing

>>3158992

Day 3.

>>3160399

Platinum Carbon Black.

I can't tell you that it's UV proof but seeing as it's pigmented rather than dye-based it should be and it meets all of your requirements.

>>3160406
aw yeah dude good character choice
its a bit crooked overall but im liking your design man

I did a remake of Jake Parker's original first Inktober ever but I flipped the main subject. There are a lot of problems with the perspective in it, but I am still proud of it and happy that I made one I want to share.

>>3160413

Thanks mate. I had planned to draw Joffrey's poisoned goblet until I realized the oversight I was making. Spent most of the day designing him so the actual drawing ended up getting a little rushed.

I got my first follower on twitter today, feelsgoodman

>>3159042
day 3

>>3159071
thanks!
>watercolor?
it's colored ink. I like to use it like its watercolor though.

should you stop posting if you get no replies anywhere on any account or forum?

>>3160407
Thanks! Just placed a order for a bottle and a platinum desk fountain pen. So hopefully it doesn't suck

>>3158883

day 2

>>3158888
>>3159155

thanks goys

>>3160443
>>3158883
damn, dude. this is exactly like something i wanted to draw.
what did you study to get to this caliber if i can ask?
also blog?

Not very comfortable with pens. A cocoon.

>>3160436
well it takes followers to get replies. so im not sure how you would get more followers without posting more and better work. and inktober is basically an excuse to post something every day for a month no matter how bad or rushed.

>>3160443

t-thanks. schoolism and whatever books /ic/ recommends are pretty cool but just raw mileage'll do a lot of work. that said im pretty far behind considering im full on NEET.

think my tumblr is broken so ill post it later when its fixed

>>3160445

t-thanks. schoolism and whatever books /ic/ recommends are pretty cool but just raw mileage'll do a lot of work. that said im pretty far behind considering im full on NEET.

think my tumblr is broken so ill post it later when its fixed

>>3159150
Day 3 - i queued up like 7 sketches so all I have to do is grind the ink every night

it takes too long to warm up the imagination machinery every day

My dog. As a monster.

Day 4.

>use prompt list
>think of many ideas I can't execute properly
>get frustrated

>don't use the list
>don't know what to draw
>get frustrated

I can't win

>>3160467
>pick subject you like
>draw subject in variation each day

>>3160398
Good Spoop

Wasn't aware there was an Inktober thread - gonna post what I've done so far

>>3160485
Inktober 2

>>3160487
Inktober 3

>>3160488
Inktober 4 - that's it!

Day 3, blue ringed poison.

>>3160491
really like this one! resize ur shit tho

>>3160491
No fair dude, you draw in ink like all the time.

>>3160504
>ink

>>3158441
>>3159279
Linking my other two drawings.

Tried going full brush pen for day 3. Hard to control, but was fun to use.

>>3160142
Thanks, that means a lot. I won't quit!

>>3160378
Really fantastic. Great balance of light and shadow, nice composition. It's good to see a full scene where there is a sense of place, atmosphere, character, lighting, etc. Good work.

>>3160414

I tried doing the same thing a while ago. Fuck Jake's clouds. He somehow gets them to look fluffy, but when I try that technique they look like melted ice cream.

>>3159315
Day 4: Horsea UNDERWATER. Tombow fudenosuke brush pen for this one.

>>3159326
Noted.

>>3160570
Thanks!

>>3160269
>Poison
Anon, no...

>>3159069
This is really great, has a ton of depth and details, but the perspective seems off. The pedestal seems to have the lines converging in a different vanishing point than the floor (which seems to bend towards the character) and the railling on the back, which has yet another vanishing point.

>>3158626

>>3160606

>>3159182
Perspective and proportions are off. The border of the street seem quite thick compared to the size of the door and the electric post. Your lines converge nowhere, the walkway is made of parallel lines and the street border doesn't follow the same vanishing point as the wall of the building, which you can see the roof top and, yet, the lines in the front are parallel.

>>3159175
The main problem I see with this one (other than anatomy) is the posing, it seems unnatural for someone to stand like this. Try "feeling" the flow, do more figure drawing of athletes and stuff and this will be less of a problem.

>>3159091
You seem to have a problem with the back arm and perspective. The arm length seems to be that of foreshortening, and yet the size of the hand is kept normal, thus making it read awkwardly. The vanishing points of the top of the seat, the plate fixed to the floor and the windows seem to converge in different positions, some planning beforehand would fix that tho.

>>3160515
Danke - I'll keep that in mind next time

>>3160609
The pose is from reference, and yes the anatomy needs work. I certainly need to build off the pose and do more with it. I have plans to do redo much of my inktober drawings after the month of inktober. Want to focus on getting the drawings done for the month first. Learning from them and improving skill over the course of this month with ink.

>>3160296
Lol thanks man

>>3160463
Haha this is great, your lines are so clean, very pro.

>>3159670
Previous Days.


Day 4: Underwater

>>3160669
Thank you, anon.

>>3159611
day 4 i guess

Day 3, ran out of ink, had to compromise.

>>3160671
Really great. My favorite Underwater inktober I've seen so far. Great sense of scale and composition.

>>3160671

This is so fucking cool.

>>3158772
>>3159903
Something less sketchy for day 4 again, punch laziness in the face

>>3159399
Day 4, still happy I even manage to do something today.

Day 4.
>>3157631
>>3158383
>>3159077

>>3159617
>day 4

day 4 underwata

>>3159272
day 4

So I got the prompt wrong but oh well...

>>3160765
>>3160781

Thanks guys, though I have to admit that it is from a reference and not an original idea i had.

day 4 - underwater...
it's fucking trash, but I like the idea so might try to develop it furthr

>>3159573
4

I tried to be lazy, I really did.

>>3160940
Nice details

>>3160946
Thank you!

>>3160940
t-teach me your line quality

did you only use the brush pen?

>>3159091
day 3
completely rushed while dead tired last night, head isnt even attached and arm is a claw or something?? tfw you wake up feeling accomplished and then actually see what you did the night before and can only laugh
had fun with the ink bottle I never use tho so thats a plus

>>3159299
nah Im in Portland

>>3160609
Thanks for pointing out. Yeh arm was supposed to be like swung back but I'm shit at perspective and all that so Im not surprised. The seats on our buses are actually slanted tho and that probably affects the read of the vp a bit? I'm trying to get better at mapping these things, I'll take more care in the planning next time.

>>3160974
n day 4 is a jellyfish person thing I did in my printmaking class this morning. I've never done printmaking before, I'll probably try to do a few more inktober things with it.

>>3160970
First I did a fairly loose sketch with a HB pencil. Most important there where to get the shapes right to create depth. Then I went over it with the brush pen. Most of the corals where first marked with circles for where I wanted them, and then free handed using reference.
The same approach where used on my day 3.

To understand how to put down the lines (which I think are pretty crappy with that drawing, my hands where literally shaking from too much coffee), I've used a fatter brush pen for live model drawings once a week the last 6-8 months, to force it into the back of my head.

But basics: draw with the brush strokes. Learn to hold the pen in a variety of ways to get the angles right, or rotate the paper.
Start with the thin part of the line, and end with the thicc. Gives you more control when varying line weight in a single stroke.
Draw from elbow or shoulder when possible, work large to make it more viable.

(I've changed the levels on the pic to make the pencil more visible)

interesting hirschfeld process vid here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC1t2DmCeAU


>>3158846
how does this work in comparison to comic inkers, though? from what i can make out they just trace over what the pencils person does.

>>3158844
My only real tip is to completely stop using a eraser (or digital), for a few months.
Even better is to only use ink. A ballpoint is a fairly good way to transfer from pencil to ink.

You need to get over the fear of fucking up, and instead get used to doing it proper from the start. It will work if you keep at it.

>>3160983
>Start with the thin part of the line, and end with the thicc
This is honestly the most key advice! I am going to try it tonight, but intuitively it already makes so much sense.

Your art is amazing too!

>>3160994
It's very different depending on the artist(s).
If you read "The Art of Comic-Book Inking", you'll have examples of multiple artists inking the same pencil. With massive differences in approach to the pencil. But there you have inkers going over detailed pencils.
However if you check out Inoue Takehiko (Mangaka: Vagabond, Slam Dunk, Real) on YT, you'll see that his pencils are very minimalistic, compared to the absolutely insane inks.

>>3161008
It was actually a friend who taught me that when he teached me can control for graffiti.
I know it's common knowledge among professional inkers, but it's interesting how the approaches are the same even with different mediums.

And thanks!

First time using Copic markers. I usually color digitally. Just got hooked up on this inktober thing.

>>3159051
fucked up beyond repair

>>3160994

The inker's role has diminished quite a bit in recent years.

Traditionally the inker did a fair share of the work. Pencillers would draw in the figures but stop short at details. A lot of what they drew was shorthand that the inker would translate. Often there would be no lighting at all in the pencils, it was created entirely by the inker.

These collaborations were more or less equal. The penciller did the first half of the drawing and the inker did the second half.

With the rise of the mega detailed Image artists that changed. The Image artists drew very detailed pencils that were less open to interpretation, even going as far as drawing in lineweights and hatching, details that were once at the discretion of the inkers and never make the printed page in penciled form.

Since then that mode of working has become standard. Pencils are tight and the inker is more of a technician who xeroxes the pencils into pure black and white images. But now with page rates dropping so low the growing trend is for pencillers to ink themselves to collect two rates, and they typically revert to the original ratio of 50/50 pencils and inks.

The same thing happened with writing. In the heyday of Marvel the writer would throw out a plot and it fell to the penciller to break it up into pages and panels. Now it's the norm for a writer to dictate every single panel, sometimes even the composition, reducing the artistry of the penciller.

You can see the trend. In the greatest period of American comics, the Silver Age, the writer, penciller and inker were all artists who worked in tandem splitting the work evenly. Starting in the worst periodv of American comics, the 90s, pencillers took on many duties of the inker and writers took on many duties of the pencillers. In a medium that had once been ruled by the artist, writers hold the most clout with artists being technicians to translate the writer's vision and inkers are an afterthought.

>>3161032
you're not bad
you should appreciate yourself more

day 3, crayola markers because i'm dirt cheap

>>3160255
Day 4 friendos

>>3160791
Very neat. Looks kinda like Aquan ships from Firestorm.

>>3159592

>>3160378
>>3159033 #
Day 4

>>3158183
I actually liked my drawing for today, so I guess I'll post again. Unfortunately if past experience has taught me anything, it's that a drawing I like is probably a lot worse than I realize.

I'm enjoying seeing everyone's work, so I hope you all keep at it!

>>3158551
What do you consider to be a complete picture? Doing the whole page or making the subjects share it?

>>3160107

Did day 4 today. After spending 2 hours on the drawing I got kinda lazy. Would like some critique also.

>>3161193
better lightning

>>3159982
Day 4

>>3161222
Ah crap...

>>3160671
>>3160974
Neat stuff guys

Day 4-underwater
Tried an experimental twist on it

I FUCKING LOST FOLLOWERS AFTER DOING THIS

i dont have cool pens but i used some office pens to do this, hes in space btw but idk how to draw space

previous >>3160217

Day 4, underwater

>>3161225
Thanks, i like it, you can feel the depth and the hair really emphasizes being underwater. Nice work.

>>3160279
#4

Was in an odd mood. Actually was going to really half-ass it more than I did, and draw some sort of chalk drawing (yeah I know chalk drawings underwater would never happen) of a murder victim on my hand and put it underwater. But then, I got thinking how many lost items in the pond nearby me were in there from my childhood.

I thought the composition would be lame with just my hand, so I went outside and added leaves like how the pond has them right now.

With the time I saved from this- I might as well use it to practice a little before bed.

I don't know why I'm so nervous...almost scared about actually trying. Tomorrow I will absolutely save at least 10 minutes for storyboarding (I am really indecisive in general) and an hour to work on it.

>>3159074
day 3, work kicked my ass so I was nearly late. Did day 4 on time though.

We making a new thread or what? We are on page 5 and previous thread is archived

>>3161365
and say 4.

>>3160398
day 2

>>3161275
Mfw did something just as close to that

Going with a horror movie/comic characters thing this year

>>3161032
I'm done with this wash thing, will try other techniques tomorrow
>>3161044
thanks

>>3161376
Really nice line work. You have an Insta I can follow?

new thread kids
>>3161458
>>3161458
>>3161458

>>3160190
This is the updated version of this piece. All days so far are accounted for. I'm loving making all of these D&D characters. This has been a lot of fun this year.

Here's one of my Inktober drawings, I've got more on my Instagram @nehnelixir

Would really love some feedback

>>3161376
This is incredible

>>3162408
beautiful, i wish you would have done the lettering by hand or just left it off of it.

@nehn elixir

Same person from 3162408