SEPTEMBER CONTEST: Ink Fairy

[Carmanda]

Tried to fill the "spot illustration" hole in my portfolio.

[Coley]

@Carmanda this is wonderful! You’re a writer, too! Lovely thoughts you have expressed ️Just beautiful !

[Jenny Lindqvist]

Here is my take on Septembers art contest. With a hint of evilness but hopefully not too brutal.
https://www.instagram.com/jennyillustration/

[Carmanda]

@Coley Thank you so much! It's been a minute since I've shaken off the writing dust, but since joining an online roleplay guild it's been drawing me back into its weirding ways.

[Coley]

@Jenny-Lindqvist hee hee, so fun!

[Gabby Correia]

Here's my ink fairy

[ruth]

So many great entries this month! Really loving all the different kinds of ink fairy Here's mine. I didn't think I was going to make it in time, it took a lot, lot longer than I thought it would! I hope you like it.

[Larisa Brudan]

Hi! This is my first time submitting.
My Story:
Ellie first saw an Ink Fairy when she was 4. No one believed her. For years she tried to prove it. She couldn't see them again but she would feel their presence when drawing. They were always behind her. She couldn't snap a photo until selfie cameras were invented. She closed her eyes and the Ink Fairy appeared.

[A Former User]

[frankiiij]

@Gaelle-Grizzly im in love with this.

[Kim Rosenlof]

Here is my entry. I loved seeing all the different ideas that everyone came up with! I especially loved to see how people used ink traditionally or digitally; there are so many great techniques!

[tripplejaz]

Exhausted from a day of school, Emily sipped her bubble tea and was about to place her bags down when the elusive Ink Fairy was found doodling on her calendar. In total shock and surprise, as if instinctive, Emily tapped her phone to capture a glimpse of the ink fairy before it disappeared around the corner. The picture fit neatly in her great grandfather's compendium of fairies, An Ordinary Guide to the Extraordinary: Fae, Goblins and Dwarves Understood by Sir Donald Guptill. Emily imagined her great grandad smiling in the portrait hanging above the kitchen doorway. Their work was complete, but now Emily had to clean up the mess left behind. Ugh!

Artist note: highly inspired by both the work of Tony DiterLizzi in Spiderwick Chronicles and the ever creative mind of Brian Froud, I had a fun time imagining how they would design an Ink Fairy. I'm not sure I pushed the design enough but I like the wings being shaped like fountain pen nibs. I'm not very great at inking, I kind of just winged this, so any feedback would be appreciated!

[mamadraw]

@tripplejaz I love this and I love your references! Nice work

[tripplejaz]

@mamadraw Thank you! I'm trying hard to merge my love for Ghibli and Spiderwick! They're so different but both so beautiful. I know there's a happy medium here somewhere. Thanks again for your kind words!

[ruth]

@rich-h This is great! Made me laugh I love your style too.

[Tracy trixybox]

Hi guys,
this is my entry for this month.

Very nice work everybody

[Larisa Brudan]

@Chris-Philpot My favorite!!! This is so funny and ingenious.

[Coley]

@tripplejaz just wow! It's beautiful ️

[Gary Wilkinson]

Finally got there in the end. I'm scared of ink now and I want to go back to my digital tablet.....

[A Former User]

@Gary-Wilkinson values and due to that readability is much better than in your digital first draft.