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Inktober 2024 #21: Rhinoceros

 Martin · 30 days
An illustration of a cartoon rhinoceros smiling gleefully with his eyes closed, giving a thumbs up. A small, expressionless bird is standing on his back, and his head and hand are sticking out of a circle that is masking off the rest of his body. The rhinoceros is a light lavender color, with pale blue horns. The bird is a pale green with yellow beak. The background inside the circle is a light cyan, with a pale yellow sun in the upper portion of the space, just above and behind the rhinoceros. The area outside the circle is white.

Here's today's Inktober illustration for the prompt "rhinoceros". I decided to keep it pretty simple for today's drawing, which caps off three weeks of this project! Just 10 more drawings to go!

As always, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Syrup brush for everything else. I'm posting each finished illustration at my website.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #20: Uncharted

 Martin · 31 days
An illustration of a pirate holding a treasure map. The map shows an X and a position marker (the kind you would see on a modern map app) connecting with a snaking dashed path, but halfway through the map, the line is obscured by illustrated clouds. The pirate has his head thrown back and is screaming obscenities, as shown through a word bubble containing a skull, spiral, bomb, and pound sign. The pirate has a medium complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. His few visible teeth are yellow and gold. His tongue is sticking out fully upward, and is wavy. He has on multiple brown and red sashes, a striped blue and white top, and red pants, with a sword attached at the belt. The background is a reddish-orange with fades to gold behind the pirate's head.

Today's prompt for Inkotber was "uncharted", and I had a hard time coming up with something fun to make for it. In the end, I decided to make a pirate upset with his obscured (read: uncharted) treasure map. Rough! 😆

Anyway, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for shading.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #19: Ridge

 Martin · 32 days
An illustration of a ridged road curving off into the distance, into the dark of night. The road has a few cars driving on it and one is close to the viewer, with headlights shining down the road going just off the edge of the image. The road is lined with bushes and trees, and a guardrail in front of a ravine to the left. The cars are stylized, with stubby bodies and tall cabs. The car closest to the viewer is orange. The next car back, just down the ridge, is blue and driving in the opposite direction. The third car is red and can be seen way in the distance, heading down the road toward the viewer. The road has bumps in it and is split by a dotted yellow line down the middle. The sky in the back is dark, with small dots of stars scattered around.

For today's Inktober illustration, the prompt was "ridge", so I stuck with the driving theme from yesterday and drew cars driving over a ridge in the road.

This was a different style for me, using familiar techniques. I can't say that I got it just where I wanted it in the end - it feels like it needs some more texture, more stylized colors, or more linework or something - but it's mostly how I envisioned it from the start.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, the Inka brush for texture, and the Soft air brush for shading.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #18: Drive

 Martin · 33 days
An illustration of an anthropomorphic cat driving a car. The camera angle is low on the cat, looking up at him as he grips the shifter and steering wheel. The cat has a serious, determined look on his face. The drawing is in black and white, and there is very little shading, outside of the darkness of the bottom of the cab, and the brightness from the windows.

Today's Inktober illustration was for the prompt "drive", and I'm pretty stoked about how it turned out!

I've never drawn this angle before, but we've all seen it - it's quite common in TV/film. One of the biggest criticisms I have for my own art is that I often shy away from more dynamic, energetic camera angles because it feels like it's going to turn out bad, be way more work, etc. I'm glad I ignored my inner voice today and just went for it. 😎

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for some light shading.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #17: Journal

 Martin · 34 days
An illustration of Frankenstein's Monster sitting at a table, leaning on one hand, and journaling with the other. He is holding a pencil and writing with it in a pink journal. He has a thoughtful smile on his face, and he is looking down at the journal. The table is littered with sticker sheets, markers, a bookmark, and a key for the journal's lock. The window behind him shows a dark night outside, with a large lightning bolt coming down in the distance. Frankenstein's Monster has a pale green complexion and purple hair and eyebrows. His eyes are red. He is wearing a brown jacket and gray turtleneck, and is sitting in a light pink chair.

Here's my seventeenth (and first "spooky") illustration for Inktober, for the prompt "journal".

I enjoyed making this one, though I wish it had a little more pop to it in the end. These late-night drawing sessions have been a good way to wind down, and catch up on podcasts, but... they're kind of slowly killing me. 😅

Anyway, this was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Splatter spray paint brush for texture.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #16: Grungy

 Martin · 35 days
An illustration of a woman in a distorted pose where she is leaning backward more and more towards the top of her head. The woman has a light complexion and blond hair. She is smiling slightly and looking ahead. She is wearing a bright pink dress, matching lipstick, and is carrying a light pink purse. She is wearing flower earrings and matching necklace. The background is a mint green with a white streak, set at an opposing angle to the woman, going across. The woman's skin, dress, and purse are covered in a grungy texture.

Here's my Inktober illustration for today! The prompt was "grungy".

Originally, I was going to draw a "grunge rocker" in the style of a Peanuts character, but decided against it at the last moment, then just drew this instead.

Now that I look at it again, maybe it's not grungy enough? I dunno, but I think it turned out alright.

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, the Soft air brush for shading, and the Splatter spray paint brush and Hartz brush for texture.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #15: Guidebook

 Martin · 36 days
An illustration of the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, along with official scouting hat and merit badge sash, from the DuckTales series. The items are all sitting on a light purple surface lit by a spotlight, at an isometric angle. The guidebook is red with a dark red title band on the top side. It has a gold diamond affixed to the front, and a green ribbon bookmarker coming out of the middle of the book. The hat looks like a fuzzy brown cylinder with an animal tail coming out the top back. The hat has a gold diamond medallion affixed to the front, and the tail has a white tip. The merit badge sash is an army green color, and various unidentifiable badges are sewn to it, in red, yellow, and blue, and in circles and a diamond shape.

Today's Inktober prompt was "guidebook", and so I had one of two choices: draw the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook.

It's been a long time since I read Hitchhiker's Guide, and my memories of how things were described are hazy (and colored by the visuals from the 1994 "illustrated" version), so I figured I'd go with the ducks on this one.

For anyone who isn't familiar, the Junior Woodchucks are a scouting organization that Huey, Dewey, and Louie belong to in the DuckTales show and comics. In the show, this guidebook is always presented as an encyclopedia of nearly all knowledge, in which the ducks often find hyper specific facts related to whatever current adventure they happen to be on.

So anyway, that's what I draw for today's illustration, along with a Junior Woodchuck hat and merit badge sash. 😊

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for some light shading.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #14: Roam

 Martin · 37 days
An illustration of a hand holding a cell phone. The phone's screen has a large face that looks like the "money-mouth face" emoji, with dollar-signs for the eyes and a green tongue sticking out of a smiling mouth, also with a dollar-sign on it. The rest of the phone's screen is a shiny light blue, with the word "roam" written in large letters in red at the bottom. There are three arcs radiating from the top right corner of the phone, like wireless signals. The case of the phone is gray. The hand and arm have a light complexion. The background is a faded orange, with a red-orange ellipse behind the phone.

This is my fourteenth illustration for Inktober, and the last one for the second week of drawings! The prompt for this one was "roam".

I struggled a lot with this one (as you can see in my evolving sketch here). I wasn't feeling very inspired by the prompt, and the guy in the first few sketches just wouldn't come together in a way that made me want to finish it.

I did like how the hand and phone looked though, so ultimately that's what I ended up going with. Hopefully tomorrow's prompt is better! 😅

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Soft air brush for shading.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #13: Horizon

 Martin · 38 days
An illustration of a city being attacked by a massive robot. The city and robot are drawn in silhouette, in black. There is a giant yellow sun setting behind the city, and the sky is a salmon red. There are a few white clouds scattered around near the sun. The robot is approaching from the right, its mouth and eye glowing white. The eye is shooting a thin white beam down into the city. Streaks of darker red swoop up behind the robot, and a smokey, gray blue effect covers the bottom half of the silhouettes. The scene is masked by a rough-edged circle, and the canvas is a blank white outside of that.

The prompt for today's Inktober illustration was "horizon".

Initially, I wanted to do just a simple sunset, but right when I sat down to draw, I had this idea pop in my mind, so I went ahead with it. It's still quite simple, but at least there's more of a story to it now. 😊

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, and the Syrup and Inka brushes for everything else.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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Inktober 2024 #12: Remote

 Martin · 39 days
An illustration of a sheep using a remote control, looking over his shoulder at a remote-controlled razer, which is shearing a stripe down its back. The sheep is large and round, with fluffy wool. It is looking back nervously. Its face and hands are a light purple, its wool is a light blue, and its eyes are a pale yellow. The stripe of sheared area is a bare pink with speckles. The remote-controlled razer is a small box with wheels and a grill on the front. The remote and razor both have a small antenna with a large round ball at the end. The background is a bold green with a darker splash of green streaking across.

Here's today's Inktober illustration, this time for the prompt "remote".

Looking at the rest of the prompts so far, I realize that this one was probably supposed to be "remote" like "far away from others/civilization", but I liked the idea of doing something with a remote control instead, and it was a good opportunity to break from the theme the "official" prompts seem to be laying out.

I almost drew this one as a hairy man shaving his own back, so consider yourself lucky that I settled on the sheep instead. 😆

This was created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Hartz brush for background texture.

If you'd like to see how I drew this one, you can watch the time-lapse below:

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