Inktober 2016: Week 1 (and Change)

Hey all. I’ve been doing inktober this month and wanted to show you my first week and change. WARNING: Mediocre art ahead. (I’m working on improving!)

A touch late, but here is #inktober day 1!

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 2, 2016 at 12:18am PDT

#inktober2016 day 2, in which a mixing of untried-before techniques fails spectacularly. #inktober

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 2, 2016 at 11:09pm PDT

A *very* quick impressionistic sketch of a maple tree. #inktober #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 3, 2016 at 10:44pm PDT

Study of a skull that was going a lot better until I had the “brilliant” idea to add some sharpie to the eye sockets. #inktober #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 4, 2016 at 8:30pm PDT

Inktober day 5, a stunning example of why I don’t often try drawing without a life model or direct reference photo. #inktober #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 5, 2016 at 9:32pm PDT

Channeled my inner angsty teen for day 6 of #inktober. #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 6, 2016 at 9:49pm PDT

Day 7 of #inktober. #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 7, 2016 at 11:06pm PDT

#inktober day 8, a quickish wolf study. #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 8, 2016 at 10:16pm PDT

#inktober day 9. I gotta learn that sometimes pushing the value further is *not* a good plan. #inktober2016

A photo posted by Ian Brown (@hummingrain) on Oct 9, 2016 at 10:25pm PDT