INKTOBER: Lessons Learned, Pictures Drawn
Hello, everybody! I'm coming at you today with a blog post of all my pictures from Inktober way back in October. I know everyone, including me, is talking about NaNoWriMo right now, so here's a post that has nothing at all to do with word counts, writing, or anything else and is just my attempts to draw with a dollar store pen.
Some of these are based on prompts; some of them were just things I felt like drawing. I hope you enjoy this mini-gallery of my art!
DAY ONE
No prompt on this one. Just THE SWORD
DAY TWO
Maynard, my protagonist from a project that is currently being plotted (more coming about that one soon so STAY TUNED)
DAY THREE
[I was super busy this day so...no drawing]
DAY FOUR
I kinda hate this picture, a lot, but it's Esma Pentegreen
DAY FIVE
Prince Izek, one of the main protagonists of my upcoming epic fantasy series (I drew this with a reference photo look at me go)
DAY SIX
Who better to draw for "villain" than the man, the myth, the legend himself, Lord Dauthang? But if you thought you were getting a face...haha think again
DAY SEVEN
I had no ideas from the prompts for this day so I just drew my own version of the lighthouse painting my mom has on our mantelpiece.
DAY EIGHT
I finished this about 11:30 at night. It's a picture of my heart from 9th grade. The theme was "frail" so yeah this shows how angsty I was back then haha
DAY NINE
I wanted to draw all the options for ships in my Pentegreens series, and for the prompt "princess"...which better to do than my princess character and the guy who's probably used her first name rather than calling her princess about five times in three books (also, not all these ships are canon just FYI. It's just that y'all go crazy when it comes to shipping my characters and I felt like fanning that flame)
DAY TEN
[actually the last picture took two days lol]
DAY ELEVEN
I can't draw hands... but look it's a person with snow powers
DAY TWELVE
[nothing this day either]
DAY THIRTEEN
When you misread the prompt and think it's "forest" when it's something entirely different so you run out of ideas and draw a Doctor Who reference that makes you cackle and no one else will get
DAY FOURTEEN
I have no idea what this is. This is the halfway point, also known as the point where I realized that if I didn't take this challenge seriously, I was going to give up.
DAY FIFTEEN
So on day fifteen, for the prompt Legend, I drew Peter Pan, and more specifically...Lila Kims' version of him!
DAY SIXTEEN
What is this and who is this? I don't know and neither do you
DAY SEVENTEEN
DAY EIGHTEEN
[I had a plan for this day. It failed. RIP me.]
DAY NINETEEN
the second in my ship drawings--this one is Clarence and Esma of Pentegreens. (Except most of you think he looks wrong so SHEESH I just can't please anyone)
DAY TWENTY
The twin sister of my prince character Izek back at the beginning of the challenge
DAY TWENTY-ONE
No context but yeah
DAY TWENTY-TWO
[this one is also redacted for spoilers but the prompt is ghost and let's just say...I cried. Lila cried. Nicki cried. They're the only ones who have seen it but THERE WERE TEARS OKAY]
DAY TWENTY-THREE
What says "ancient" like Wonder Woman????
DAY TWENTY-FOUR
Ship number 3 from Pentegreens (but actually just an excuse to draw the Spider-man kiss, because I thought these characters would be the most likely to actually get into this situation)
DAY TWENTY-FIVE
This took two seconds and is basically just a photo representation of the prequel to the Pentegreens series
DAY TWENTY-SIX
[nothing]
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
And finally, ship number 4. Y'all's favorite, I think, judging by feedback from beta readers. Enjoy.
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT
[Today, I outlined the big picture coming on the thirtieth.]
DAY TWENTY-NINE
[today, I inked the big picture coming on the thirtieth]
DAY THIRTY
Sadly, this is sideways. However. We must make sacrifices, and I don't feel like rotating it, so...here's the whole gang as of TKD!!!!!
Things I love about this picture:
-Anna looking like a giraffe
-Rishatta off to the side because no one wants him
-everyone has a little bit of color to their skin...and then there's Esma
-is that Derek or Clarence's hand on Esma's shoulder who can know
-Kariana looks like Pippi Longstocking tbh
-Derek trying to flirt
-Clarence is supposed to have a hair flip but instead looks like he has a topknot or something
DAY THIRTY-ONE
Not quite the right shade of green for her skin, but LOOK! I drew Elphaba! :D
And that, my friends, is a wrap. I drew SO MANY pictures this month and I love the vast majority of them. I think this challenge definitely grew me as an artist and I had a ton of fun doing it, and I'm excited to do it again next year (maybe. College might eat me first, who knows).
Did you do Inktober? Do you like these drawings of mine? Am I cruel to draw all the ship options and taunt you with them? (the answer is, of course, yes). Chat with me in the comments!
22 comments
Giirrrlll I love these drawings and I'm so proud of you for sticking to the end. Unlike me XD
ReplyDeleteYou know what ships I approve of XD
Thank youuuuuu xD And the pictures you did do were brilliant, as well as the non-Inktober ones ;)
DeleteOh, of course, of course *smirks*
I loved seeing your pictures all month. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Julian! ^_^
DeleteCongrats on doing Inktober! It's harder than people think. Love these!!
ReplyDeleteEspecially the Doctor Who one!
It really is! But I definitely saw improvement in my art, so it was worth it!
DeleteThanks! I like that one a lot xD
Cool pictures. I did Inktober as well and need to get a recap up on my blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you! And I can't wait for that! I loved seeing all your stories all month.
DeleteWow, that's such a big accomplishment!! I always start out strong for these kind of challenges and then fade as the month progresses. XD
ReplyDeletexD I usually do too? But this time I forced myself to push through. I'm sure sometime you'll be able to finish a challenge like this!
DeleteSo cool! I love the Elphaba drawing!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, luv!
DeleteI love ALL of these!! And I'm forever super excited and honored that you drew my Peter. :')
ReplyDeleteThe Day 19 one is soooooo precious even if Clarence does not look like how I imagine him. XD And then Day 27 is, naturally, my favoritest thing on this entire planet. But all of them are AMAZING, and I could look at them forever.
Lila, you typed an extra number. It happens to everybody, so don't worry, but I just wanted to make sure that Faith knows that you MEANT to say 9 is the best, not 19. XD (#sorrynotsorry)
DeleteYour Peter is precious! <3 I love him so much.
DeleteI just can't make people happy when it comes to Clarence xD I love number 27 a good bit myself. I'm so glad you liked!!!!!!!
(Clare, honey, you're gonna trigger people. Including me. STAWP. xD)
I've never done Inktober, but it looks like so much fun!! I think I might try it next year!
ReplyDeleteTHE DOCTOR WHO REFERENCE. WHY.
I think 15 and 16 are my favorites. I like the emotions (though they're not very similar, lol) in both.
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It was tons of fun! And I hope you do--I'd love to see your attempts.
Delete*cackles*
I like both of those, too! Number 16 is probably my favorite one of the month.
Since I FAIL to keep up with all the things on IG so, so bad, this was a treat getting a full view of all your pictures!!!! I'm so in awe of everyone who does Inktober. You guys are awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd and and...THESE PICS! ALL THE SHIPS. You are just terrible. XDDD But I mean, NUMBER NINE. *squeaks*
I love the Spider-man kiss one, too! And the Doctor Who one is a BRILLIANT way to draw a "forest". Genius!
Number 16 is one of my favorites! Even though I have no clue what's going on. XD But it's such a good, intriguing pic!
AND THEN DAY 30! IT'S THE WHOLE GANG. AAAAHHHHHH!!! Your commentary on it is golden too. "is that Derek or Clarence's hand on Esma's shoulder who can know" LOLZ.
This was a treat! Thank you for sharing!
Aghhhh I'm so glad you liked this post! I had so much fun putting it together xD Inktober is actually super fun, surprisingly! I just took it easy and light and had a blast.
DeleteI had to, though xD I had the opportunity and I SEIZED IT.
Thank you! That's definitely my favorite, too.
The commentary cracked me up xD
Thank YOU for reading! So glad you enjoyed! ^_^
These are beautiful! :D I like day five, sixteen, seventeen and twenty four. :)
ReplyDeleteThough for some reason I know that if I drew the Spiderman kiss scene, it would the girl who is hanging upside down. (My girl characters are more likely to do that than my boys...but then there is one boy who may do that, but that is only because of his weirdness, but then again if it involves kissing he would rather stay out of it.)
I feel so bad for that sad character, but the again, I'm torturing mine in a very traumatizing way...
-Quinley
Thank you! I like those ones too ^_^
DeleteThat's hilarious and I love it xD
That sad character needs a better life *glares at his author*
Wow! Love them ... But so many kisses hahaha!
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