The Sun Will Come Out...Tomorrow!

I've been pretty busy as of late, working on some new projects, so I haven't had the chance to post more of my Inktober pieces.  Here's my take on some characters from "Little Orphan Annie".  I love the comic strips from the 20's, 30's and 40's, and "Little Orphan Annie" is one of my favorites.  You will probably recognize Annie, Sandy, and Daddy Warbucks, but you may not recognize the female character.  That would be (my version of) Mrs. Warbucks!  She was only in the strip for the first couple of years, but it was she who actually adopted Annie.  She was also Annie's main antagonist at the beginning, though she became a "good guy" before she was killed off.

Inktober Switcheroo!

All of my Inktober pieces up until now have been done with ink and brush.  I decided to switch it up for a bit and show some pieces done with my copic ink pens.  These two pieces are actually from a while back, quick doodles from one of my moleskine sketchbooks.  I like how loose and fun these sketches are.

More Inktober!

Two more pieces for Inktober.  These are both based on sketchbook sketches.  I'm not so sure about the bear and racoon piece.  It turned out a little rougher than I wanted.  One thing I do need to do is get some new brushes.  My current ones are getting a bit ragged and hard to use.

Inktober continues!

Two more pieces for Inktober!  I'm enjoying doing these quicker pieces.  I feel like they are helping me to loosen up.

Inktober 2014!

Inktober returns!  I was to busy to make it all the way through Inktober last year, but I'm determined to do it this year.  Here are the first four so far, day 1 through day 4.

Illustration Friday "Underwater"

Another quickie I did for Inktober and also for this week's Illustration Friday.  An underwater mermaid serenade!  Maybe at some time I'll post the rest of my Inktober pieces here on my blog.  This has been good exercise for me, getting me to think up and do these illustrations more quickly than is my usual want.  Now back to work!

Illustration Friday: Onomatopoeia

I'm participating in a new drawing challenge called "Inktober", one ink drawing for each day of October.  I thought doing a quick ink drawing each day would help me loosen up a bit, and I've been feeling the need to loosen up, let me tell you.  Then I also thought, "Why not tie in my Inktober piece with an Illustration Friday piece?"  So here we are.  This week's word is onomatopoeia, which means "the creation of words that imitate natural sounds."  When I took French in high school I was fascinated to discover that onomatopoetic words varied from language to language even though they were based on the same sounds.  The thought had never occurred to me.