This past month I decided to take part in the Inktober 2017, started by artist Jake Parker. Inktober is when you do a ink sketch for every day of the month of October and post it on line. There is a prompt list of words to help get the creative juices flowing.
I jumped in on the third, without using the prompt list, but stuck to it after that. I tried to have fun with this and not get hung up on ego. Several friends joined in on Facebook which may it more fun. The following are the results.
#3 - "Poison" (prompt not used) I just inked a sketch I was working on.
# 4 - "Underwater" - Is inspired by Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and Ray Harryhausen.
#5 "Long" - Inspired by the dialogue line by Edna Mole in the animated film, Incredibles, "no capes".
#6 - "Sword" - My character Blackwolf holding a sword.
#7 - "Shy" - This was just going to be a picture of a shy young girl, but as I was inking it I know I had to add a twist. This is one of my favorite drawings of month.
#8 - "Crooked" The was one of harder to do. I could think of good solution. Although several friend found it funny.
#9 - "Screech" The lettering effect is a nod to comic artist Walt Simonson, and the way he uses type in his comic art.
#10 - "Gigantic" Of course, a giant robot had to come to mind.
#11 - "Run" - This is a homage to Jack Kirby's monster art.
#12 - "Shattered" - My take on Humpy Dumpty. I use a toy bot on my bookshelf as model.
#13 - "Teeming" My twist on the Zombie Apocalypse. They crave pizza instead of brains.
#14 - "Fierce" If you're in a relationship, you know about the toilet lip issue.
#15 - "Mysterious" -
I must confess, I stole the idea from a old art piece of mine.
For full disclosure here it is.
#16 - "Fat". This was a "loaded" prompt. What could you do that didn't run the risk of being insulting, or offensive? I think this was a good solution.
#17 - "Graceful" - A dancer is just a natural image for the prompt.
#18 - "Filthy" - Raw sewage and free hugs were just made for each other. I started to get more into using the markers.
#19 - "Cloud" - Is my favorite drawing of the month. I might even do a more finished version.
#20 - "Deep" - Again, a natural solution with a twist.
#21 - "Furious" The image speaks for itself.
#22 - "Trail"- I couldn't resist doing a "snail" on a "trail".
#23 - "Juicy" - I resisted going for a pic of ripe fruit, and decided to take things in whole different direction.
#24 - "Blind" You can't go wrong with a blind female warrior.
#25 - "Ship" - In doing the viking ship, I got to use the lyrics of a song (a work in progress) of mine, "Norsin' around", about a hapless viking captain.
Here the textless version.
#26 - "Squeak" - Just a fun twist on rodent humor.
#27 - "Climb" - Again, the prompt is so vague, there was million possibilities. But King Kong is my favorite movie, and climber, so this fit the bill.
#28 - "Fall" Since, what goes up must come down, this just seem right.
#29 - "United" - I racked my mind for a solution for this prompt, then thought this historic moment in space exploration history.
#30 - "Found" - Here my ode to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a favorite movie mine.
#31 - "Mask" The prompt was very timely falling on Halloween.
I actually feel a little lost with the daily prompt. I'll have to find another daily sketch challenge to keep me drawing.
