Day 21: “Sleep”
![Black ink drawing of a smiling young man propped against a pillow, looking tired, with a newborn asleep on him.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/4D49B4D7-DE77-40A3-85EE-EB984C5B11AF_1_105_c.jpeg)
This is Ilya, born a day or two prior, sleeping next to Yves.
My brother was hanging out with me when I drew this. He looked at the reference photo and doubted I could draw this. I wasn’t sure either because I’m not very good at drawing people but I said that I’d try a few more minutes before giving up. But I did, and when I was done he said “what, already?!” 🙂
Done with my black 0.05 mm Graphik line maker from Derwent, which still has enough ink in it.
Day 22: “Chef”
![Black and grey ink drawing in cartoon style of a chef with a long thin curly moustache and a huge chef hat that looks like a cloud and covers his eyes, holding a small platter with a tiny pastry on it.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/F05A782E-5BCB-4B61-AEBA-179762883E40_1_105_c.jpeg)
I love this one! ❤️
I had a few ideas of what I wanted to draw: I remembered taking a few photographs of cooks in Japan but none of them were lending themselves to the medium. I searched for images of Italian chefs one would find on vintage advertisements and this one really appealed to me!
I used mainly the grey ink brush pen by Kuretake and black ink Pentel Brushpen for shading.
Day 23: “Rip”
![Black and grey ink drawing of superman tearing open his shirt and revealing the capital S of his superhero costume.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2BBC2BF8-68A7-4313-ACAA-6B3E55C846E2_1_105_c.jpeg)
A very angular and muscular looking Superman!
Black 0.05 mm Graphik line maker from Derwent, and grey ink brush pen by Kuretake.
Day 24: “Dig”
![Black and grey ink drawing of a goofy t-rex holding a spade and digging a hole.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/7B403D6E-04EC-440C-B630-B1AE572D9ADF_1_105_c.jpeg)
A twist on dino digging! I wanted to draw a cartoon-sized t-rex holding a small shovel and digging a hole. I had fun imagining it excavating human bones. It looks more like a turkey with a t-Rex front body, but I still like it.
Black 0.05 mm Graphik line maker from Derwent and shading with the Kuretake light grey ink Brush Writer.
Day 25: “Buddy”
![Black and grey ink drawing of my dog Gizmo, a labrador, munching on a bone on his cushion.](https://blog.koalie.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/79146CB8-E221-4D26-B31F-5DC398751E85_1_105_c.jpeg)
I’m pretty sure every dog owner who does Inktober drew their buddy today.
I used as reference the photo I took of Gizmo working on the bone I gave him for his 7th birthday last month.
Again, I used a black 0.05 mm Graphik line maker from Derwent and light grey ink Brush Writer from Kuretake.