Inktober 2020 has officially ended, but I still have so much to say and to show you! In the last post, I started sharing the drawings I had done for Inktober 2019. I started them when it was still October, but the month ran out on me. Nevertheless, there is no reason not to continue with the artwork, so I kept doing a little here and there all throughout the following months. Why not? It kept me making artwork, and I had complained in this post about how hard it is to be motivated to create when I don't have the pressure of a portrait commission and its attendant deadline. I enjoyed continuing "Yeartober" (maybe I should trademark that), and I will probably keep going.
Now, on to the artwork:
Day 6 - Husky (above)
I frequently do realistic animal illustrations, but I wanted to make a comical illustration of a husky dog. He's not extremely cartoony because I did use photo reference to ensure accuracy in coloration and general features. He's friendly-looking, though, isn't he? I wanted to make it all about those pointy ears and that giant schnozz!
Day 7 - Enchanted
I enjoyed the addition of limited color in my day three picture, "Bait" (it's in the previous post), so I used the same transparent green color to add a little glow of magic.
Day 8 - Frail
Okay, this one is a bit heavy and conceptual. The person pictured appears to be old and frail and clearly has wasted away in some dark dungeon for a long, long time. But we can observe that the frail hand could easily slip out of the large, loose shackle--and if that weren't enough, the shackle itself is connected only by a little paper chain. My attempted commentary here is that some people are imprisoned of their own volition or may feel trapped within a prison of their own mind. Maybe they have grown so accustomed to their situation that they don't take a chance to escape when one is presented. There are many factors that could come into play: fear, stubbornness, denial, delusion, depression, sense of duty.
Day 9 - Swing
Another political cartoon, after years of NOT doing any! Well, it's been a pretty crazy year. The prompt "swing" made me think of "swing states", and so I drew North Carolina with a scale to depict how the state swings as voters decide to switch support from one candidate to the other. But North Carolina is often "Too Close to Call" right up until the very last vote is counted -- as can be seen this very day.
I hope you have enjoyed the latest Inktober installment. I did a few more for 2019, which I will cover next time, before starting in on the 2020 work. Have you decided to illustrate any of the prompts yourself?
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