Crimson Inktober

[Ursula Dorada]

Hey guys!
So, I'm sure you guys have heard of Inktober! It's a fun, one-a-day style project, where we aim to do at least one sketch in inks for the whole of October. It's getting bigger every year, and it's a real good thing to spread on your social media during the time.

Also, not a lot of people on CD focus on inks/line drawings, it's an awesome opportunity to get out of our comfort zone and learn a new media in the process!

Here is the link to the official starter of the project, Jake Parker: http://mrjakeparker.com/inktober

The rules are simple:
- You HAVE yo use inks in some way or form;
- You may have a underlying sketch;
- Other media are acceptable as long as your lines and ink and there and clearly visible!

So let's start! I have been warming up since I haven't dealt with lines in a long time.

Feel free to join! Let's rock this :)

[smrr]

So excited for this! \_( ^ 3^)/
Question: is it traditional inks only or can we just use decent inking brushes in PS/sketchbook pro, etc?

[Ursula Dorada]

I have seen people doing it digitally Smrr. Focus on the thick black lines and we should be good!

Here is what I have been up to:

[meat]

Whoa, okay mine will be a lot simpler than yours, Ursula. Also, never heard of Inktober until now. I've heard of 24 hour comic day though.

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[JonHop]

cool stuff guys, will def take part in this in october as have been doing lots of work directly in ink in my traditional sketchbook anyway. :D.

[meat]

I'm cheating by doing this ink drawing for Inktober and making it a sketch for c.chow_002.... now that "clean" line art is scanned for c.chow, will prob ink it in fully later when have time.

[smrr]

Great job everyone! :D
Although I was unable to get my hands on some traditional inks - I used PS but made sure I didn't use any tools other than the brush, rotate and eraser tool (for erasing the under drawing).
Used a recent scanned sketch and went from there.




Inking is suuuuuper fun <3 <3 !

[meat]

Setting sun:

[Ursula Dorada]

Couple more!
This ink thing is very tricky

[meat]

[Jaik]

Hell yeah, this would be a good way to start a new sketchbook.. Some nice physical inking.

Could you guys give me a couple of links to some really sweet guys to study?


*Sorry for the no art part*

[Ursula Dorada]

oooh lots of ink love to go around:

If more into the figurative side, Mike Deodato has some gorgeous pieces, very high contrast: http://mikedeodatojr.tumblr.com/post/982...r-in-black

There is some High profile DC inkers which I have been looking too. Here is Joe Prado: http://joeprado2010.deviantart.com/gallery/

If you're into more scribbly lines, Jaw Cooper has some AMAZING pieces: http://instagram.com/jawcooper

There is also Takehiko Inue, which I don't know his site but google images does a good job. He is a brush master :o
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=Takeh...3&imgdii=_

Oh! There is also Yoji Shinkawa, concept artist for metal gear solid series. Again, no direct site, but daaamn check this:
https://www.google.com.br/search?q=Yoji+...7&bih=1035

There is a TON more, but since I'm only starting, it's hard to filter. These are solid starting points though!

[meat]

Usually when I hear ink, I think of the far east ink painting and caligraphy, which I like a lot anyway, so I just study that. Some mangaka incorporate that into their manga styles, like the ones Sula linked.

[Amit Dutta]

Nice stuff people :)
First art thing I've posted online in 6 months!
Doodled in pen during a meeting.

[meat]

Welcome back MB!!!

sorry no ink these 2 days.

[meat]

The horse would probably stand out better and the image look better without any background.... Oh well, such is ink on paper. No going back fixing, only forward.

[Ursula Dorada]

It looks cools as is Meat :D Onwards!
Welcome back MB, let's do a month long! *cheers*

Here, chalk brush, pressure set to size only, 90% opacity 70% flow gives it a nice natural feel.

[meat]

This was meant to be a lion's face, but I already did the dry brush = mane trick yesterday, so doing it again today felt kind of lame. 4 hours later...

[Jonesoda]

Pretty quick pen doodle, wanted to uploaded something though. Next one sha'll be cleaner :)

[Jaik]

Wow inking is hard as hell...

No idea what I am doing so I wanted to get some prac in before inktober starts...