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:
Kaboom! Inktober illustration fourteen is here, for the prompt "tick" - and it's a cartoon bomb!
No disgusting drawings of ticks sucking blood. Not this time, anyway.
Time-lapse video below:
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:
A push-pin is the subject matter for my twelfth Inktober 2021 illustration, for the prompt "stuck"!
And here's a time-lapse of me making this drawing. Check it out:
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!
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.
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.
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:
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!
The prompt for my sixth Inktober illustration is "spirit", but it should be "spirits".
Like yesterday's drawing, I didn't want to do the obvious and draw a ghost, so I got a little creative and drew booze instead.
This one took me a lot longer than I thought it would. I think all the layering (and my perfectionist tendencies with the bottle shapes) added a lot of time to the process. I'm happy with how it turned out, though.
Time-lapse of my process below!