Presketch composition. Goal: This Is the introductory illustration and needs to convey that this new pencil is the “end all, be all” to know how to draw! Did I hit that?! Please tell me one reason why or why not! Far from the color stage, but the wall will be muted , (undecided if I will keep subtle brick work lines ) so that Duddles and the new pencil pop against the background. This is another joke/fan illustration of an illustrator I admire (in addition to Will, Jake & Lee of course ) I posted on my IG that he is an amalgam of: James Harden, Ronnie Coleman and Kadir Nelson!

No 11: The Beach Monster....

Good presentation today. Super-valid points on the challenge of practice. Maybe a little bit too much of an inktober cheerleading session. I love inktober and have been involved since probably year 3 or 4... but would have been interesting to hear more about the specific reasons why the practice makes better and how to craft the efforts so that they actually move you forward (You did touch on that topic). Thanks for the mention of draw 50 things, I like the idea of a deign challenge. Definitely thinking more about how to involve developing storytelling in addition to just practicing drawing.

Day 19: Scorched

Kids these days just have no fear! My Misunderstood Monster for this month´s contest:

Still life homework for 2nd beginners’ drawing class. Really should not have chosen a glass object. Oh well- live and learn

Kisses & first-aid. Day 19 #scorched #inktober2018 .

Everyone has given such deep, thoughtful answers so far... it has me thinking too (so thank you all). This topic is often on my mind, but I rarely take the time to distil thoughts into writing. I really like the analogy of humanity being like one human body, with each person being one cell. Each cell is deeply affected by the overall health of the body, and the body is consequently sick or healthy depending on the wellbeing of each cell. When it comes to art - a deeply impactful part of each cell's environment, affecting the inner-workings of this "body" - its general nature affects the health of humankind. For instance, today it seems that a lot of art promotes unhealthy ideas or substances, or is disunifying in some way. On the other hand, art can bring people together, promote better functioning societies, inspire virtue and good character, and glorify what is beautiful or pure. This bigger picture, which presents to me an idea of interconnectedness, makes me think that each person's art can have an impact on the functioning of the body of humankind. I personally really like the idea of bringing a feeling of reverence to art and depicting people in a way that shows their inner nobility, so that's what I'm trying to learn about these days. I love this topic and will, no doubt, be reflecting on it for as long as I'm able to make things. Certainly don't have it figured out yet...

Day 18:

Hi Gary, this is another tremendous piece. Your art is really inspirational to me. I really vascilated about adding a suggestion to your thread or not because you said you were finished, but I decided to write it here with the added note, "please totally disregard if not appropriate!" It seems that your piano lid could benefit from mimicking the curved shape of the piano so that it would close properly. I find it's hard to paint simple versions of technical objects because those familiar with them notice minute details. Thanks, as always, for sharing your process.

Inktober Day 16: Angular

Starting Point, 1979-1996 by Hayao Mayazaki is more of a collection of ramblings organized in chronological order, I'm in the middle of it and I find it really interesting.

I did a quick and dirty composite by taking the watercolor and laying it over the top of my digital version setting the watercolor layer to multiply. I don’t know if it preserved the texture (that’s the part I don’t understand) but it certainly makes it more vibrant.

@doodleworx I love this piece. Both the wild imagination that took you to Trojan-chicken, bit also the composition and the strong value constraints.

I'm not much of a political cartoonist, but I did this drawing anyway. Hope you like it.

Swollen Bottle Scorched

@nyrrylcadiz @Claire After a couple of days of distraction due to teaching English, I'm going back to the drawing board with this not-quite-a-Jack-Russell I found: I will take all of your suggestions into consideration and repost when I have a chance to rework the drawing. Thanks so much to everyone! P.S. nyrrylcadiz, I think the cut off has something to do with my early training as an abstract artist. I just liked the pattern the cut off made on the thumbnail, but exactly halfway probably isn't the best place to do it. I'll try several new positions, including putting in the entire dog.

@chrisaakins Thank you for the feedback Chris! @Jason-Bowen Thank you for the feedback Jason! Very much appreciated - i'm starting to a "normal" layer as we speak - it is improving i think...i will post the minor progress below - thanks again @NessIllustration Thank you for the feedback Vanessa! still working on it but the "normal" layer is helping for sure - thank you for your help everyone!

@eli absolutely

I love your concept!