Lots of black and a bit of grey ink to draw a couple of large gears levitating in space, in one of which ten people walk by following each other and all look down at the luminous screens in their palms.

Inktober 2019 Days 16-20

I’m doing Inktober again in my small sketchbook Canson art book universal (14×21 cm / 4×6 in), in which I used half pages every day.

Day 16: “Wild”

Baby panda bending forward to grab a bamboo stick, next to a few upright bamboo sticks. The pens I used are visible next to the open artbook.

It was high time I drew a baby panda! I used a green ink brush pen from Sketchbox, grey ink brush pen from Kuretake and black ink Pentel Brushpen.

Day 17: “Ornament

Black and grey drawing of the ornament at the front of a vintage car which is a stylish Native American head.

Inspiration took ages to come for this prompt. I settled on a bonnet ornament shaped like a Native American’s head. I used a grey ink brush pen from Kuretake and black ink Pentel Brushpen.

Day 18: “Misfit”

Black and grey ink drawing of an animal that has the body of a lion and the head of an elephant. The grey brushpen and black brushpen I used are visible next to the open artbook.

A strange creature that doesn’t fit in the savanna, with the body of a lion and the head oh an elephant. I used a grey ink brush pen from Kuretake and black ink Pentel Brushpen.

Day 19: “Sling”

White ink drawing on black ink showing hands holding a sling around the Earth

A piece inspired by how our generation behaves like it’s tossing our planet. I filled the space with black ink and then outlined the hands, sling and Earth with a white jellyroll pen.

Day 20: “Tread”

Lots of black and a bit of grey ink to draw a couple of large gears levitating in space, in one of which ten people walk by following each other and all look down at the luminous screens in their palms.

I absolutely loved doing this piece! The prompt made me think of a treadmill but I didn’t want to draw that —not political enough. Instead I started to envision humans numbingly powering gears in space. I used a grey ink brush pen from Kuretake and black ink Pentel Brushpen, and a Posca white pen for the stars.

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