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Gel ink |
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Bic ballpoint |
I began InkTober 2024 lazily, and I finished lackadaisical. Less than halfway through the month, I
was already bored because I didn’t challenge myself enough, which I regret. By
the third week, I was just going through the motions. As I always say, what’s
the point of doing any drawing challenge if it’s not actually challenging? It
bothered me that I didn’t think of a way to push myself harder (and truthfully,
I was so preoccupied with my ongoing downsizing tasks that I didn’t want to
spend more than 15 minutes a day on InkTober).
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Bic ballpoint |
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Uni Pin and Sakura Micron technical pens |
That’s not to say that I didn’t learn anything. Just
as I’ve discovered from all my face-parts series, human mouths are fascinating –
the infinite range of shapes and forms – and exposed teeth really kicked up both
the fun and the difficulty. OK, so maybe it was a bit challenging – I can
live with that.
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Sailor Fude de Mannen fountain pen and Platinum Carbon Black ink |
As always, many thanks to Earthsworld for his daily Instagram photo
references (all but Oct. 31) that made finding inspiration so easy.
Edited: I just put all my Inktober 2024 sketches into a Flickr album. I rarely make a series that looks consistent throughout, but I do like the way they all look together in a grid!
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My apparent tradition for these face-parts series is to end with a selfie. ;-) |
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