Hi all!

Just joined the forum and am a total beginner of sharing my stuff. As I love fall with all its beautiful colors, I thought I would give this competition a try

Love, Sas

@smceccarelli Hooray! Meaning you have been extremely artistic creative! How do you do the funeral I wonder?

PS: I found you a funeral car.

@leothejediartist I went to look what you were talking about and it makes me sad reading those peoples comments. Way to keep up somebodys spirits... cough cough... It is the internet after all, a place where everybody can spit their poison in the safety of their screens.

Inktober was first and foremost an idea of Jakes to make daily drawing a habit (for him) and so he can practice his inking skills (from what I have understood). It still is his message, to draw daily using the prompts as inspiration, whether you draw it in ink, digital or peanutbutter, as long as you draw daily.

First I got a bit upset seeing all the different variations of inktober out there but then I thought, darn... This is pretty awesome for Jake that so many people are tagging along on his idea! Isn't it how it always goes with great ideas? I mean... look at the lightbulb for example! Or da Vincis wings! Great ideas always get worked on further and further to improve them. Bad ideas get left in the gutter.

I dont have money for a fancy wacom or even an ipad so I just go with inking for now. Yesterday I even used watercolors cause otherwise all my ink would be used on that 1 drawing I guess Leo, just do your thing. Draw every day and be happy about it. Let your creativity flow and let those poisonous snakes do their thing. If that makes them happy, then whatever. I dont think Jake is bothered by them either, so why should we?

Happy creating!

• Sas

Wilbur sat on his raft which was taken by the current into Nor’s tummy. Thinking this was his last living moments, Wilbur saw a light shining. The raft floated on further and soon Wilbur could see what made the light in the darkness of the whales belly. Wilbur looked puzzled upon the scene appearing in front of his eyes. A big raft laid anchored in the pit of the whale belly. Upon the raft Wilbur could spot a rack with drying fish, a wood burner, a table and a bunch of clocks. Whoever lived here wasn’t home... at the moment... ••

So I skipped guarded cause I really didn’t know what to do with that prompt and the perspective is way off this drawing BUT! I like my inking work on this one and I actually got my image from my head on paper. Victory!

@demotlj I like this idea! Maybe somebody who has the time could then take all the flowers, cut them out, bundle them up on one page or card format and put them in a "bouquet".

My day 5

Hi all.

Thought I'd introduce myself as I am hoping we will be sharing ideas and talking a bunch in the near future. I am Saskia, Sas for short. I Live in the Netherlands and am a microbiologist, living together with my three children and husband. I have always followed art classes and have been drawing for as long as I live.

I got into contact with SVSlearn by listening to their podcast. I am, what Jake, Will and Lee talk about in their podcast; "Am I too old to get started" a woman in my late 30's, almost ready to make my switch in life. Although it scares me to bits, this podcast gave me the push in my back which I needed cause now I am taking their awesome courses and have picked up my drawing daily trying to improve as I go.

I am very shy and find it hard to share my pieces but would still love to get your feedback as it will be the major way to improve. I am far too critical of my own work and much too much of a perfectionist.

I love the illustration and animation style and would love to get better at this part. Right now I am focusing on getting my ink lines right and hereafter I want to dive deeper into perspective to learn how to make environmentals to follow on with the human anatomy. Do you think that this is a good way to tackle it?

I hope to speak to you all more on the forum and to share ideas back and forth, getting a ton of inspiration to fill my creative bank account with. :p What I have seen so far is just mind blowing and I realize I got a long way to learn

Lots of love,

Sas

Here are my first three days of Inktober. Day two was a huge learning moment because it was not really my inking day or something. My lines were wobbly and placed on lines which actually had the "erase-me" categorie. All in all, not a drawing to be proud.

What I realize from doing Inktober with all the rest of the world, is how I compare my work to others. I have to keep on reminding myself that I am just a beginner, still studying art in my own time while the other much better artists have been practising this for years. That's why I was reluctant at first of putting up my inktober pieces here but then this morning I thought to myself that I need to open my windows if I want to get better.

I walked with this idea in my head for weeks before inktober started only to realize as I was going poisonous, that my hand took me on a whole different path. I love that about art. That it can do that to you.

So my story is about a character named Wilbur and the adventures he experiences while living his every day life in a time long ago on the planet Denqui.

@missmushy I totally get you. It's awfully scary to step off the train in a place where you don't know anything or anyone (if you catch my drift.) I'm 38 and have always taken art classes in school but then when the moment came to choose an occupation my mother told me that there's no future for artists. They don't earn anything. I could better look at something where I could be sure I'd get a wage off later on.

As I am a mom myself, I can understand her feelings and her way of thinking but if I could turn back time, I would have gone to art school and just follow my heart.

Right now I am following the SVS learn classes whenever I have a spare moment. I love them and totally loose track of time once I'm going. I'm also reading up on stuff I have a hard time with (at this moment it's perspective, next I'm doing character design).

And just like you, I have a lot of moments when I am thinking to myself, what the heck are you doing? Why are you spending all this money on supplies, books and lessons? And then having my husband sneer at me for getting that book that I need for my study or yet another pad of paper. It makes me feel guilty.

But then again, we are doing something that makes us happy. Something where we don't have to sit pushing buttons all day long so in the end it will be all worth it. " Eyes on the prize Violet. Eyes on the prize."

Big hugs!

A bit late ( here in the Netherlands) but I made it with two hours to spare. The rest of Wilbur’s adventures. Day 4, the spell. Hope you enjoy it!

@Dima-Eichhorn Hahaha your interpretations of the words are just brilliant

This is wonderful! Can't wait to see where the rest of your adventure takes us.

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss Will. My deepest condolences for you and your boys and lots of love and strength for this coming difficult period. My thoughts are with you.

@saciia_ This one turned out so great!

@Jessica-Mercado Oh wow! I really like this one! Did you use colorpencils?

@Heather-Boyd Yeah I sure will! I am so bad at working with dead lines Or rather.. I am too stubborn :face_with_stuck-out_tongue:

Sigh I have to ditch this project for now. I won't be able to finish it in time due to family life. Thank you all who gave me such good advice and showed interest in my project and good luck all with the competition!

@Aleksey Yeah! I listened to it and was like; Hey! I know this awesome piece! So cool Aleksey

@ShannonB Aww thank you Shannon! Same to you!

@Judy-Elizabeth-Wilson We will cheer you on! You can do this!