SEPTEMBER CONTEST: Design a character for Inktober!

KGatto

This is my September SVSlearn character contest design for Clarice & Spot.
Hope you like it.
Kim Gatto
www.designsbygatto.com
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ksfabian

Here’s my submission for the contest.

jdeebella

Hi all,
Here is my character for this round. I love Sophie Josephine, which I was inspired to create her from the cartoon I was used to watch inmy adolescences, the rose of Versailles. Fun fact: I recently found my style (I’ve got a pause from sketching and drawing from January to August, I was about to think I wasn’t capable enough to pursue this career). When I took the pencil again I’ve got this tricky new style under my fingers. it was like a revelation. I like to think that the pause was needed to absorbs what I’ve learned on the past years.

KathrynAdebayo

ajillustrates

@K-Flagg This is incredible! And the Classic Cartoonist brush is my go to for digital as well. It's pretty much perfect for how I work, and it looks like it's hitting the sweet spot for you as well!

K.Flagg

@ajillustrates thank you so much. Yeah it's my go to now.

Annaaronson

In the last critique arena they mentioned the format would be changing.. is that for this month as well? Just curious what it will look like

AustinShurtliff

@LauraA I have know some comic artists to do their line work in pencil and then use a program like Photoshop to darken the value enough that it looks like it might have been inked. Just an idea if you still want to use pencil.

Valerie Light

@Annaaronson I'm curious about this too, as I haven't been able to see the critique arena in live stream this summer, and no new recordings seem to be available after May 2021 for me. I feel way behind.

donnamakesart

@ajillustrates Agreed. Love the line art for this and the character design!

LauraA

@AustinShurtliff Thanks for replying. Lately I have been doing my work with a modified Kyle hi res pencil and do the values either with digital watercolor or with Kyle's gouache a go go and /or some collage textures. In this case, my character has hair that in my opinion would look better done with a pencil/charcoal texture and so far I've been using gouache a go go, which is a gouache but looks more like crayon to me. I like the effect and don't want to change it, but don't know what the judges will think.

And then there's the matter of whether I can finish it, considering all the non art things I've had to catch up on this month. Hope so!

aurelia

KGatto

@aurelia Absolutely love this! Great job!

KGatto

@KathrynAdebayo Beautiful!

KGatto

@jdeebella Love this!

KathrynAdebayo

@KGatto Thank you, Kim. I love your work!

AustinShurtliff

@LauraA I hope you can get it finished!

jenithornhill

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This is my first of three character sheets for Inktober. I have not posted it to critique arena yet, because I want to decide which to submit once I finish the other two. These characters are from a middle grade novel I am currently working on. I decided to draw them for Inktober because I need to flesh them out a bit.

aurelia

@KGatto Thank you I had quite some fun.

aurelia

@jenithornhill Cute design! I especially love the running pose, the stripy pants so suit him. I believe we can submit more then 1 entry for the contest, can't wait to see the other 2 of yours.