Best posts made by robgale

In the spirit of keeping things manageable, I've gone ahead and added part 3 of the Inktober Thread that will take us through to the end.

(If someone started another one somewhere else, let me know, I didn't see it)

Here's my day 21: Drain

As we enter into 2018, I'd like to establish a strong daily habit of creating. In the beginning, this will mostly be rough sketches, but as I develop my habit, I'm hoping it will lead to deeper and more robust work as I find my personal style and voice.

Continuing to play with black and white compositions of environments and characters. Trying to keep it simple without being simplistic or plain using textures and distinct value shapes.

Day 3: Roasted

Day 13: Guarded

Almost half way! Woo hoo!

The above studies are small, quick thumbnail sketches based on images from films or from digital paintings found online. I tried to use one, hard, flat brush for most of the time on each one, using a base of four values (2 darks and 2 lights). My goal is to rely on shape making rather than rendering to create a believable sense of light and composition.

Only at the very end do I add a few gradients and blends, and I try to keep them to a bare minimum, looking for where I can get the most out of the fewest moves.

As someone who has a tendency to noodle endlessly and get lost in rendering, this exercise is helping me with brush discipline and keeping my shapes distinct and clear.

Here's another sketch of an invented landscape using simple shapes, trying to capture a sense of light and composition with clean, straight edges a little texture, and decisive choices.

Woo hoo! I'm happy to be participating with everyone here this year. It's fun seeing everyone's interpretations so far!

Day 01: Poisonous

Day 8: Star

Day 12: Jimmy the Whale

Day 25: Prickly

Day 27: Thunder

All the Rest of Inktober. Can't believe I actually made it through them all!

Day 15: Weak

Day 16: Angular

Day 17: Swollen

Day 18: Bottle

Day 19: Scorched

Day 20: Breakable

Day 21: Drain

Day 22: Expensive

Day 23: Muddy

Day 24: Chop

Day 25: Prickly

Day 26: Stretch

Day 27: Thunder

Day 28: Gift

Day 29: Double

Day 30: Jolt

Day 31: Slice

Ok. Because I like this sort of thing and it helps me see things visually, I made a pie chart to visually see the process as percentages according to @Lee-White 's recommended breakdown. In case anyone else finds this useful

image url

Diner Scene. This one started as a sketch of the old guy in front and I expanded out from there. I wasn't so much thinking about lighting so it's a bit more "flat", but I was happy with the shape of the guys.

Chicken. Decided to switch things up a bit and go with ball-point pen, which is more comfortable to me. I'll probably continue to play with different "ink" mediums, but in the spirit of getting things done, I opted for comfort over novelty today.

It's so fun seeing everyone's interpretations of the prompts and all the different styles out there!

Day 11: Cruel

Day 18: Bottle