#inktober - Days 14-17

Playing some catch-up today.  4 new entries, puts me at presently down by 4.  I'm pretty sure I'll make it to 31 on/before the 31st.  Though I think, I might cancel the 30 Characters Challenge in November this year.  We shall see.

These entries show another media swap-up.  I hit up the art supply store this morning and picked up two different sizes of Faber-Castell PITT Artists Brush Pens.  It still uses india ink, but it handles a bit more like a marker... so there's some more control, and less bleeding.  I also bought some better india ink, cuz the stuff I bought earlier this month I feel is not as opaque as it could be... and while that has some advantages, it isn't what I wanted it to be.  So I'll experiment with that later.  I also bought a Sharpie Water-Based White Marker, which I thought I would experiemnt with, but haven't really got the results I was hoping for... again having to do with opaque-ness.  I've had better luck with White-Out in the past (and it was cheaper).

#inktober - Days 12 and 13

Today is the 19th, and I'm on #inktober drawing 13....   That's no bueno.   What's with the lagging?  Actually most of it comes with me trying to bust out a fairly impressive commission.  Which I just finished... I'll probably post it here.  But the point is, I now have a little more "free time" (what's that?) to DRAW!  So hopefully I can catch up before Ol' Hallow's Eve.

The drawings above of Hagrid and Joker are mixed-media ink.  A combination of a pen, and brush work.  I'm beginning to enjoy some of the spontaneity of the brush.  A lot of my "normal work" has become a bit too smooth with the computer ironing out some of my idiosyncrasies, and polishing them.  So it's kinda fun to dip the brush and deal with whatever it gives me once it touches the drawing surface.  I really seem to like it for hair.  *shrug*

Harry Potter and the Lack of Productivity

What is up with February being so artistically draining?  For the past week, it's been like pulling teeth to get some art down on paper... and a majority of it is not living up to time spent on it.

Anywho, I had a quirky idea to draw everybody's favorite magical children in a Charlie's Angels'esque pose.  Actually, I had the idea to do the Charlie's Angels pose for "Chuck", but I'll tackle that one at a later date, so I opted to go with Harry Potter, as it's a trio of people who could pull off that pose.  Also, I wanted to steer away from drawing Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.  I wanted to draw Harry, Hermione, and Ron.  There is a difference.  I think Harry came out pretty close, but the other 2 could have used some work.  But this was supposed to be a "warm up" drawing, and it turned into an all-day project.  Weird how that happens sometimes.