Inkober 2017 - Day #25 - Ship

The "story" continues....



Not sure if I'm going to wrap this up with one more picture or not. Usual time management woes!

Inkober 2017 - Day #19 - Cloud

The next instalment in my Inktober 2017 "story"....

Inkober 2017 - Day #12 - Shattered

Due to normal life commitments, I had to post this later than the intended date. This is the next instalment in my Inktober "micro-arc" series.



Is this the end of one of the little "bulb" bots?

Inkober 2017 - Day #10 - Gigantic

Got the start of a "micro-arc" story with this picture....hopefully continued in the "Shattered" (Day 12) image....which....err....I haven't finished yet!

Inkober 2017 - Day #8 - Crooked

Trying to keep to a certain schedule and aiming for at least four images (the "5K") for the month of "Inktober" (maybe 5 at a push).

For Day 8 ("Crooked") I posted this:



And here's the pencilled version:



(Click on images to see bigger versions on Flickr.)

Inkober 2017 - Day #1 - Swift

The amazingly talented artist Jake Parker started a little exercise called "Inktober" some years back. Basically, it involves trying to produce an inked drawing each day through the month of October. The idea Jake had behind this was to help improve his inking skills whilst also keeping to a schedule.

I thought I would take part this year. I know I'm not fast enough to produce a drawing each day - however, I shall attempt to get at least four images produced!

There is a running theme to my Inktober ideas - linked to a story idea I have brewing in my imagination pool.

I am using the official Inktober 2017 prompt list. So, in advance of the first day of October....here is the first image! Day 1 prompt: "Swift".

Enjoy.



Oh....and here's the pencilled version that I inked over:



(Click on images to see bigger versions on Flickr.)

Sketchbook page #3

Continuing with the female themed sketchbook drawings.... I've been reading an online superhero book called Worm. I was influenced by the main character, Taylor Hebert, to draw a female superhero (or "Cape").

This is a not my version of how Taylor (aka "Skitter") looks, just a character sort of based on her. In the book, Taylor is more of a plain, geeky type of young girl who (if I remember correctly) wears glasses when not in costume.

I like her ability, which is the power to manipulate bugs, insects, etc.

This is my attempt at trying to colour an inked sketch using brush marker pens (water-based).

Coloured character designs

I have now completed the colouring for the character sketches. I have tried to maintain a traditional inked look, with a simpler colouring scheme (mostly flat colours with edge highlighting and light shadowing.

This is the first time I've done some major colouring in GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free image editing tool that is pretty close to Photoshop. It's a great tool for what it does, and (hey!) it's free, so can't complain!