Once again I am first. I wanted to combine my inking practice for Inktober with the September prompt. This was a trial run for how I plan on creating art for Inktober: a combination of ink (brush pen and micron) with grey alcohol markers and white gel pens. I know everyone else is going over the top with great ideas but it would still be a shock if you accidentally brought mice for lunch!

The photo is abysmal but I don't have time or the inclination to clean it up in PS. Enjoy!

I just thought I would share. I had left a comment on a big name artist's IG. They saw my comment and checked out my page. They liked my recent stuff and asked for a small commission. This would be the first complete stranger requested commission I have ever gotten from social media.. I know to most of you that is small potatoes but I am thrilled. You may let the small scale rejoicing commence.

I know this is supposed to last all month long but due to family and school constraints, I am having to go ahead and submit. I did spend time researching the elements and working through thumbnails and getting a little critique help from the forums. To be fair I did quite a bit of character development for these characters that I have dubbed the Ink Mice during Inktober. I also did quite a bit of inking and coloring practice to develop this particular style. So without further ado here is a Christmas card cover: The Three Wise Mice!

I deleted my first one and am entering this one. Special thanks to @Aleksey for the inspiration and the fun. I hope you enjoy this one.

Where do Merpeople go when they retire? Why Sunny Florida of course!

So here is my submission. Sometimes we don't understand the love between a girl and her dog. Penny knew a thing or two about biochemistry and wasn't going to let little things like death or decay tear her apart from Fluffy.

Done with ballpoint ink and edited a little.

Here is my day one:
"Look! A crown!" said Tobie as she put on Mrs. Frou-Frou's giant ring.
"You look beautiful!" said her brother, Inky. He poked his nose out of the jewelry box, admiring his sister.
"Maybe this one can be my crown!" Reb held up Mr. Frou-Frou's wedding band."

Here is my interpretation. Chris Van Allsburg is a hero of mine so I thought I would try and emulate his style. !

Here is my repost:

thank you everyone for your input.
(No instagram filter this time. I learned how to do it myself. I think I have learned more about Photoshop this time than all my other times together.)

Still working on adding texture and developing my style. I think this is a style that I am liking. I think it is taking the trendy shapes with lots of texture and adding it to my strong preference for highly-textured linework. I kinda like the loose messiness of it all. I think it could work. What say you?

This is Reb contemplating the cheese he has with his ideal.

Here is my resubmission. I think it is a better concept.
William Shakespeare wrote about a walking wood in Macbeth. Maybe he got the idea from a real encounter with a walking tree that left funny tracks in the snow.

@Coley I think this latest composition looks really good. I think you could put a tool in the hand of the mean kid tp make her the even more obvious culprit. I think the action is good. I would make the victim's legs less spread out and more of 120 degree angle rather that a 180 degree one. It's creating a tangent with the handlebar.

@Lisa-Pickard This so good. It is much better than my first attempt, let me tell ya.

@Braden-Hallett I'm sure that the founders of these forums did not intend for us to delve into this level of inanity. But then again who could have predicted the quarantine that is driving us to need for lighthearted laughter.

@Sherry-Hall this sounds like a question for @Chip-Valecek

@Braden-Hallett @ArtofAleksey you have to watch those mounty clerics.

@ArtofAleksey wow! Thanks. What a great resource!

@TessaW Dear Lady!I am happily married! Besides, we are different religions: he's Canadian.

@EliaMurrayArt What would be the fun in that? I did PM to tell him to free up his schedule. Was that enough warning? I don't really know what the etiquette on these things are.

COMIC BOOK NEWBIE CHALLENGE:

What else are we going to do during quarantine? I don't know about you but I am having a hard time being creative and need some accountability, so I came up with this idea.

My challenge is for anyone who wants to participate:

*Use the basic layout below (It's a terrible photo so feel free to edit but keep it the same basic design)

• Keep it to one page

• Any medium and story are acceptable as long as it is a comic (try to keep it safe for kids for the forum's sake.)

• Publish finished works here by April 15th. Create a different thread for WIP.

• Grand prize is an all expenses paid date with @Braden-Hallett (certain restrictions apply as in it must not cost me any money or time and Braden must be willing! )

• I have no clue how the winner will be selected, either! Yay!!!

• Have fun and be creative!

I made a pic of this blank panel:

My kids got this for my birthday. I haven't used it yet. I may sully it today. It is a comic sketch book.
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