INKtober 2016, Day 31!

INKtober 2016, Day 31: Grumpy Unicorn
5x7 brush pen on Utrecht American Master's Multicolor printmaking paper

Last Inktober drawing: a grumpy unicorn. Always feels nice to finish a drawing challenge with something silly! Inked using a Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 duo brush pen.

INKtober 2016, Day 26!

INKtober 2016, Day 26: Herculephon
8x10 Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 duo on Kona Classic artist paper

Some of you may remember Herculephon! He's an old college assignment from my 2011 Cleanup Workshop class. I spiffed him up and now he's bright and shiny again.

There's a major error in his wing structure: primary feathers do not fold behind the secondaries while resting. All the reason I need to make an even better version! Usually I'm good about using reference.

Sketchbook page (left) drawn May 25, 2015; tracing paper cleanup drawn May 31.

Quick Lumocolor trace-over made to combat Kona paper's opaqueness.

I used my light box to keep the proportions of the older sketches. Sometimes I miss cleanup animation - even though I developed a Pavlovian response to working on animation tables: I'd start to fall asleep!

INKtober 2016, Day 19!

INKtober 2016, Day 19: Discord
9x12 brush pen on Stonehenge paper

I'd wanted to draw Discord for ages. His character design is so much fun! It's a shame I wimped out on adding his hind legs; like his arms, they're mismatched. I'll have to give him another try! :D

INKtober 2016, Day 9!

INKtober 2016, Day 9: Like a Kitten
9x12 Prismacolor / permanent marker on Crescent Rendr paper

Sketched in Prismacolor marker.

Kritchpaw is not amused.

Once again borrowing Dad's tiny netbook to reference my blog!

Kritchpaw hates being carried around like a kitten, but she lets Tailscuff do as he will more often than not. She cares for him like a brother, though others rarely see it.

Tailscuff was separated from his mother early. The epitome of a gentle giant, he is motherly at heart. He and Kritchpaw met when young. They were conditioned for pit fighting together.

I need to draw Maubork again to round out my primary KriMauTai crew! I think they're destined for a comics venture.

INKtober 2016, Day 7!

INKtober 2016, Day 7: Kritchpaw and Chester
9x12 permanent marker / color marker on Crescent Rendr paper

A fun, fairly quick drawing of Kritchpaw and Chester, two of my KriMauTai characters. These gals look like they're ready to cause trouble! Kritchpaw excels at hand-to-hand combat; Chester's specialty is subterfuge.