10 (completely different) drawings in pen!
They are in the order that I created them.
Oh yeah! Almost forgot- It's pretty easy to stay in a routine... And I've wanted to work on my drawing (vs. painting) skills - in my art, I often just jump in with the brushes, and make changes on the fly. It's not that one approach is better than the other, but... I do think that there are times when knowing exactly what you're going to create. In fact, I should probably be doing much more of this now - especially since the techniques I'm doing these days tend to be much more technically advanced - so... really, by doing the work up front (on the concept), I'm saving time on doing the work (on the final 2D / 3D creation processes). The thing that got me out of my painting routine, for 31 days, was Inktober.
Inktober happens every year (this was my first year participating) - it is a group challenge. There are "Prompts" - subject ideas for you to interpret however you feel like. Here are the prompts for 2018 (when these are from):
The cool thing is that there are many subgroups of people that have made their own prompts... Witches, Fairies, Foods, etc... Since it was my first year, I just went with the regular prompts.
There's a Facebook group, and you just post each day. It's really cool / fun to see what everyone comes up with... How the interpretations differ, the different ways that people use ink (some people use pens, others use ink with a brush, there's people who use colored inks, etc...) - and of course , different skill levels. I recommend you try it as well- there's many amateurs, many pros, and it's all about getting people drawing.
I'm proudest of #1 for idea (Poisonous --- What's more poisonous than a scorpion with a 45 calibre?
Make sure to follow, 'cause there's a sequel to this... Two actually... (And of course, all the other cool art / adventures that I share).
i saw the first and burst out laughing :) loved this!
THAT is when I know I put my spin on something, correctly. There's many times when I think on things as "What can I do to own this?" - and it's usually mischievous humor. I think the perfect example is my Wizard of Oz theme: https://steemit.com/artzone/@theartofori/the-wizard-of-oz-the-mischief-that-is-my-brain-art-that-s-going-to-make-you-smile
mischievious humor is da best!
oh i missed that post! you seem very obsessed with the WOZ. i dont remember that monkey tho...or the broompole dancin witches hmmm ;)
Nah.... I'm not obsessed with WOZ. I was invited to paint live at the San Diego Fair, the theme was OzSome -- so... I needed to have some Oz painting. I did watch just about every show / movie there is on WOZ to get through all these paintings.. Inspiration, etc.... I wrote it in one post (thought it was the Oz post) -- that "Themes" tend to bring out what my take on things is. I gotta tell you, I've got a lot of respect for that movie though -- considering when it's from, the effects/story/execution are amazing.
aha! theme explains it. ya it is a classic.. surprised it hasnt spawned more remakes
oh, it had a shitload of 'em! I watched 'em all! :)
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Cool to see sketches from you! And inktober 2018 was a great fun in Steemit ! Lots of people participated :D
I look forward to Inktober 2019, for sure :D :D :D
Ooh! Bet it was awesome on here. I"m still new to here. FB still takes most of my time... but I definitely spend way more time writing out posts here. I"ll definitely post my Inktober 2019 stuff here.
I think I'd call these drawings rather than sketches. I think a sketch is more of the guide to a drawing. One evolves into the other. At least, that's my view.
Inktober was tough -- scary - 'cause I went out of my comfort zone (which is always a good thing, and often scary)... 'cause I wasn't in my zone of mastery. I spent tens of thousands of hours in digital painting... not in Pencil / pen. So I took the opportunity to do a month of it. I was thinking of keeping it going.... But, it's easy to go back to what you are used to.