Saturday, 7 October 2017

Inktober Week 1

This is my first time participating in Inktober. If you're not familiar with Inktober I hope my short explanation can make it a bit clearer. The month of October is dedicated to creating an artwork a day only using inks. It's usually done with black ink but inks come in every colour so it can also be done in colours. Every day there is a new word you have to incorporate in your piece. There is an official prompt list made by the creator of Inktober, Jake Parker, but many artists make their own. Inktober is about evolving your skills, getting a good drawing rutine and otherwise working towards your own personal goals.

My goal is to first of all make it through the entire month. Otherwise I'm striving to experiment and learn. I really want to get better at creating interesting compositions because this is something I'm not very confident in. I also want to have a better understanding of values that's why I've chosen to do my pieces only using black. I'm actually cheating a little because I don't have any black ink so I'm using watercolour instead. It's still challenging because I'm not used to using watercolour like this and it's black. Next year I'll get myself some inks (that is if I make it through this year).

Day 1, maple leaf

Day 2, small flowers

Day 3, seashell
I'm not completely happy with my day 3 Inktober. I have made it and you can find it on my Instagram account if you're interested: Instagram

Day 4, wind

Day 5, strawberry

Day 6, tea

Day 7, planets

I really like some of the concepts and I think I'll recreate them in colour and more detail once Inktober has ended. My favourite one so far is day 7, the one with the dalmatian and all the planets. I think it looks good now but I'm sure it could look even better in colours.


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"Ink" (watercolours): Winsor & Newton
Ink pens: Micron
Sketchbook: Pink Pig

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  1. RaeRae7 October 2017 at 15:05

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  3. RaeRae7 October 2017 at 15:09

    Day 5 is my favourite because seriously - bears watering flowers? what isn't there to love!? but Day 6 and 7 have more surrealism, very arty concepts which have deeper meaning - i love your use of inks by the way -it's like looking at black and white photographs... theyre not just linework but you've incorporated beautiful values which has given each piece depth and the appearance of realism mixed with illustration.

    really love your work :) Would love to see some colour inks if you plan it?

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    1. Unknown10 October 2017 at 00:03

      Haha - I'm so glad you like that one! He is quite cute and it's actually one of those I'm thinking about recreating after Inktober.

      That makes me SO happy to hear! I haven't really worked with just black and white before so I find it quite challenging.

      I don't plan on using coloured inks this year I'm going to stick with the black and white. Perhaps next year though!

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