My last drawing for the first week of Inktober 2022 is a sandwich!
I drew this without a reference, just to see how well I could do with textures and such. I think it turned out alright, if a bit washed out.
As usual, this was illustrated in Procreate on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil. I used the Procreate Pencil brush to sketch, a modified version of the Mercury brush for masking and lines, and Quoll, Old Beach, and Sassafras brushes for texture.
If you'd like to see how this one came together, here's the time-lapse:
My sixth drawing for Inktober 2022 is a bad bear who just threw open the door!
As usual, this was created in Procreate. I used the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework and shading, and the Clouds and Old Beach brushes for texture.
I was feeling very uninspired for this one. Originally, I wanted to just make a hulking creature being silhouetted against the door, but felt like it didn't look menacing enough once I started going down that route with it. Eventually, I just made it into a bear.
If you watch the time-lapse below, you'll see that I meandered a lot in the middle, experimenting with adding a second, smaller bear hiding to the side. I gave up on that though, because it felt too much like an adult being threatening towards a child. Even though they are bears. Oh well.
My fifth illustration for Inktober 2022 is a scientist tinkering with his robot buddy - as the robot looks on.
I always like drawing robots, but I wanted to switch it up a little this time and have a little story in the frame. I still can't make up my mind if the scientist is "mad" or not.
Created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching and the Syrup brush for linework/shading.
If you're curious how this one was made, here's the time-lapse:
This is my fourth illustration for Inktober 2022 - a gangster squid man!
Created in Procreate with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, using the Procreate Pencil brush for sketching, the Syrup brush for linework, and the Old Beach and Hartz brushes for background texture.
If you're interested in how this one came together, here's the time-lapse:
My third illustration for Inktober 2022 is a flashlight laying on the ground.
I had slightly higher hopes for this one when I started, but I'm not unhappy with it. If I were to spend more time on it, I'd probably change the perspective of the shadows a bit and add some more lighting to the background.
If you're curious how this one came together, the time-lapse is below!
It's October today, and that means another Inktober project. This is the first drawing for the month, and I'm looking forward to getting back into the groove with my iPad Pro and Procreate, which I've been sort of neglecting lately.
I hope you'll join me as I create a new illustration each day of the month!
Oh, and here's the time-lapse for this one, if you'd like to see how I made it:
This is my final illustration for Inktober 2021! This one was for the prompt "risk", although I think the real title ought to be "I hate drawing hands".
If you watch the time-lapse below, you'll see a couple of misfires in my sketches before I finally settle on what to draw.
First, I thought I'd draw someone playing Risk (the board game). I thought it would be cool to see the thrown dice tumbling toward the viewer and the board below. After getting started on the sketch though, I just didn't like the way it was looking.
Next, I thought I'd draw a baby reaching up and trying to stand. I don't really like drawing babies though, because the proportions are difficult to get right, so I scrapped that one quickly.
Finally, I settled on the sketch for the finished drawing, but not before considering another idea my wife had about a creature taking off their human mask, revealing a werewolf, vampire, or some other monster underneath (it's Halloween today, after all). I liked that idea a lot, but I didn't feel like doing something so complicated, so I pushed ahead with the hands.
The idea behind this is the risk one takes whenever they express their true feelings towards someone else. It makes me think of my wife - we've been together much longer than when we got married, and it always amazes me how a relationship like that starts with such simple but powerfully charged gestures.
Anyway - there's a time-lapse of this drawing's creation below. If you've been following along with me as I make these each day, I appreciate it, and hope you've been enjoying them!
This is my thirtieth illustration for Inktober 2021, for the prompt "slither".
When I started making this one, I wanted to add a bit more texture to the walls and the tentacle, but as I added each layer of light/shadow, I started to embrace the simplicity of it. In the end, just a little bit of airbrushing was all it needed.
Just one more to go and this year's Inktober project is officially complete! Time-lapse below:
