inktober – Page 8 – coralie's contemplations in markup

#inktober 2017 days 6-10

[Inktober: 31 Days 31 Drawings, following a prompt list]

Day 6: ‘sword’. Ink drawing of a swordsman. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Day 7: ‘shy’. Ink drawing of a shy girl hiding half her face behind a shoulder. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Day 8: ‘crooked’. Ink drawing of the MIT Stata Center, by Frank Gehry. A crooked building. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 9: ‘screech (owl)’. Ink drawing of a screeching barn owl. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Day 10: ‘gigantic’. Ink drawing of a couple taking a selfie in front of Dancing Nana, by Niki de Saint Phalle, an exhibit on the bank of La Seine since 1995. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and Pentel brush pen.

Inktober’s prompt list:

#inktober 2017 days 1-5

[Inktober: 31 Days 31 Drawings, following a prompt list.]

I’m doing Inktober again and I like it. It was fun last year. I’m rather pleased with what I did thus far. I have the impression I have progressed. It takes me 2 to 3 hours every night, depending on how long I need to find my subject, then I focus without interruption till I’m done and realise my coffee is cold, I have not smoked and I’ve done something pretty.

Day 1: ‘swift’. Drawing of a swordsman wielding a Japanese sword. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 2: ‘divided’. Wooden jigsaw puzzle of three camels, one separated from the others and slightly behind. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 3: ‘poison’. Poisonous frog viewed from above, in black and white, with black spots. In real-life, these are green and black. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Day 4: ‘underwater’. Still woman immersed, the top of her head breaking the water. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm), and grey soft brush Pitt Artist Pen.

Day 5: ‘(so) long’. A sailing ship at sea, far away on the horizon, big waves in the foreground, and cloudy heavy sky. Copy of work by Bernie Wrightson, who was much much gifted than I am. Still I quite like my work. Black ink Uni-ball pin pen (0.05 mm).

Inktober’s prompt list:

#inktober 2016 days 26-31

[Inktober: 31 Days 31 Drawings, with a theme list, in case one needs inspiration.]

Day 26: box. Ballerina on a music box.

Day 27: creepy. Reproduction in black ink of one of Franquin’s drawing from Les Idées Noires. Umbrella turning into a bat and lifting the man holding it.

Day 28: burn. Black ink reproduction of John Byrne’s Jean Grey and Phoenix.

2020 April update: Apparently John Byrne himself wondered if this was forgery or bad inks?. He determined ‘“Reproducing” my signature, tho, even badly, still makes it a forgery.‘ So I got confirmation I don’t have a future as a forger 😀