My Inktober 2020: One Big Piece
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The first time I did Inktober, I did daily sketches and stuck to the prompt list, so this year, I wanted to try something different. I chose to challenge myself in multiple ways: create one scene for the entirety of Inktober, make it so that all the characters have to interact with each other, and work traditionally (meaning that I wouldn't have the option of drawing the characters separatly and pasting them together, or undoing my way out of layout or rendering mistakes). Since that seemed like a difficult enough task, I decided to make it a fan art piece, and went with the Battle of Hogwarts. Maybe 3 Point Perspective's running gag of using a civil war battle scene as an example played some part in that decision.
I like Jake's rule of planning 3 uses for each piece of art, so 1) this is my piece for Inktober, 2) I will be painting it for Slowvember (I'm drawing it on 300 lb watercolor paper), and 3) I'll used a scanned version of the final drawing and the traditional painting as a guide to paint the piece digitally as well.
Here's the progress for Week 1, Days 1-4:
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@ajillustrates I’m so excited to see this finished I’ve been watching for progress in the inktober posts
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@ambiirae Thank you!
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great start! very ambitious
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@aska Thanks!
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This is so cool! be sure to post how it turns out.
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@Laurasketches Oh most definitely - I'll post the update at the end of each week.
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Alright, things are starting to fill out and come together. Here's the progress through Week 2, Days 5-11.
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I LOVE this idea!! So smart to work on characters interacting - Genius!!
And your inking style is fab, your characters are great and your drawing ability is SUPER impressive. -
I had missed this until now but it’s super cool
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@Mairin-Kareli Wow - I don't know what to say except thank you so much!
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At the end of Week 3, and character groupings are starting to finalize.
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This is coming together so nicely!! Gorgeous!!
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This is really amazing! Such a clever idea. Look forward to seeing the finished piece.
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@Coreyartus @Rachel-Horne Thank you!
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Wow this is looking amazing. Great idea and I love your inking style! Really impressive.
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@ruth Thanks! I really just want it to look like something that would excite me if I was reading the book as a tween, and I turned to the page to the start of this chapter, and saw the illustration.
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Here's the progress through Week 4. I think I can see a light at the end of the tunnel.
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The final drawing!
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@ajillustrates it is awesome ! Very cool idea creating one big piece !
