Inktober #16 – Compass

Martin · 3 years

Here's my sixteenth illustration for Inktober 2021, this one for the prompt "compass", which I've treated quite literally.

It's not my favorite piece of this project, but unfortunately I had a lot of other things to do today, and I didn't have time to do something more creative. I was able to make good use of Procreate's radial drawing guide for this one, however!

You can see how in the time-lapse below:

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Inktober #15 – Helmet

Martin · 3 years

Here's my fifteenth illustration for Inktober 2021, for the prompt "helmet".

I debated drawing the Soldier from Team Fortress 2 for this one, but ultimately decided against it. I didn't want to spend a lot of time worrying about making it look like something people were already familiar with.

That said, the screaming dude in a helmet is sort of infamous already, but at least I expanded on that a bit!

Time-lapse of the creation process below:

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Inktober #13 – Roof

Martin · 3 years

My thirteenth illustration for Inktober 2021, for the prompt "roof", features a cozy dog sleeping in his house on a stormy night.

Originally I was planning on drawing a tiled roof at an isometric perspective, and having it be interesting just by the repetitiveness of it all, but then this idea popped into my head, and I ran with it. It's always nice to have an idea of what I'm doing before I sit down to draw!

Time-lapse video below:

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Inktober #11 – Sour

Martin · 3 years

My eleventh illustration for Inktober 2021 has a witchy witch offering you a very sour apple. Would you like a bite?

I'm always a little hesitant to do drawings that are Halloween-ish just because it's October, and even though I love Halloweed, I don't really want the whole event to be a Halloween art project. One or two can't hurt though!

Time-lapse of the witch and her apple being created below!

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Inktober #10 – Pick

Martin · 3 years

Here's my tenth illustration for Inktober 2021, this one for the prompt "pick".

I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to do for this prompt, and I got a late start on it, so I ended up leaning on some of my old work and creating another drawing of one of these toy crane games. The last time I did one of these was for Chalk It Up 2014!

The time-lapse for this one is below, and it includes a small bonus sketch at the beginning, from when I didn't know what I wanted to draw.

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Inktober #9 – Pressure

Martin · 3 years

This is my ninth illustration for Inktober 2021, for the prompt "pressure".

I had a few misfires getting this one started - check out the time-lapse if you want to see the proof - but eventually I settled on this old, flat tire. as always, I wish I had had just a little more time. Oh well!

Time-lapse below.

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Inktober #8 – Watch

Martin · 3 years

I had some big plans for my eighth Inktober illustration, following the prompt "watch".

First, I thought I'd create a bug, being spied through a magnifying glass from above by a giant child. Next, I thought I might do an explorer using a telescope to plot the next leg of his journey.

But then the day got busy and I decided to just give in and draw a watch. So here it is!

Time-lapse of this drawing's creation below:

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Inktober #7 – Fan

Martin · 3 years

I closed out the first week of Inktober 2021 out with this illustration, following the prompt "fan". It's a polar bear on vacation!

It's a small thing, but I like how the weight of the bear's arms and legs look, with the thicker parts at the end. Bears do sort of look like that, but it's very counter to my normal drawing style, and so I'm happy it was a success.

As always, there's also a time-lapse of the drawing's creation below. Enjoy!

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