SEPTEMBER CONTEST: Design a character for Inktober!
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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.
Jdeebella
Illustrator and maker
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@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!
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@ajillustrates thank you so much. Yeah it's my go to now.
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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
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@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.
Austin Shurtliff
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@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.
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@ajillustrates Agreed. Love the line art for this and the character design!
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@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!
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visit my website: https://turnip.co/
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@aurelia Absolutely love this! Great job!
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@KathrynAdebayo Beautiful!
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@jdeebella Love this!
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@KGatto Thank you, Kim. I love your work!
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@LauraA I hope you can get it finished!
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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. -
@KGatto Thank you
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@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.
visit my website: https://turnip.co/
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@aurelia Oh it would be great if I can enter more than one. I am afraid I won't be able to choose! Thank you!
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@KGatto sorry for the delay, but
yes, you can use one spot color!
