#Inktober 2021 thread
Ink October 6 "Spirit"
#Inktober #Drawtober #MastoArt
[CW for a scary Victorian-style ghost in the expanded image]
Ink October 8 "Watch"
#Inktober #Drawtober #MastoArt
[CW for cow peering in through the window spookily]
"HONEY IT'S THAT COW AGAIN"
Ink October 10 "Pick"
#inktober #drawtober #MastoArt
BEFORE YOU are three items. which will you pick?
1. Freddo
2. Some kind of fucked up mini saxophone
3. The true face of the sun
Ink October 13 "Roof"
#inktober #drawtober #MastoArt
[CW for image from a horror film, scary man on roof]
i'm fussed that this might appear to be a political illustration because the elephants and riders are red and blue. and apparently the elephant is a political animal in america (what the fuck guys!?)
but it's not. basically it's two people who are going to work on their elephants and one (or both) of them was going the wrong way on the elephant road and their elephants bashed into each other. both people work at elephant factories, but the factories are in different directions from each other.
@alex HIM
@pisscotheque it's every elephant for itself
@alex this endless conflict is so sad… they should be brothers…
@alex it's unlikely to be seen as such because the blue animal is also an elephant whereas in a political illustration the blue animal would be a donkey
@danielcassidy ah that's a relief
@alex i like this apolitical content
@alex or IS it...
@alex alex i don't know how to break this to you but that's not how moons work
sorry buddy :(
@puf no it's like that and then a little alien guy goes on it [see attached picture]
@alex What a scamp, that freddo.
This is worth waiting for, it's great. :)
@bright_helpings thanks pal!
@alex AAAAAAAAAA
@alex the welcome return of Freddo!
@alex This is great. I think you didn't actually hide the image though
@maloki thanks! yeah i'm not sure what level of CW i wanted to put on it since i usually err on the safe side with CWs but it's mostly hidden in the thumbnail anyway
@alex fair. just thought it'd be worth mentioning, because soemetimes I forget to hit the right buttons!
@alex this reminds me of Celtic carvings, it’s pretty rad
@dreadpirateyarr ahh thanks pal. i started it off in this colour palette because i was planning to make it look like a jade carving (but it turned out to be plenty of work just drawing all the animals 😓 )
@alex it's growing, but it's peeved about it >:(
@puf same tbh
@alex why the sad face! It looks amazing. Well worth it I'd say. 🙏
Now let yourself test.
@maloki thank youuuu!
@alex That is some dedication!
I always love seeing your work, best thing about Inktober for me.
@bright_helpings ahh thanks so much!
@alex Ignore the Voronoi stans. These are good boys. Their packing and use of space is beautiful!
Love the glossy fab fur texture~
@alex It is great, I'm so glad you drew it.
@bright_helpings Thanks!!!
@alex wow I love this
@carithlee Thank you!
@alex Nice!
Gromit, presumably, is carefully tiptoeing around the dinner table like Ofelia Pan's Labyrinth
@alex that made me smile
@alex brilliant! Am I OK to send it to a friend?
@derwinmcgeary thanks, yeah go ahead!
@alex damn, I love the expression in this
@alex I'm thinking about Shin Godzilla all the time. Thank you for this gift of skinless dinosaur.
@alex he's just doin his best!!!
Tried another new technique this time. After spending ages and ages painting stuff in layers, I did a single layer over the top of it set to influence Luminosity only (about 40% opacity) and painted over everything using light and dark values picked from the scene. So it worked as like a unified light-and-dark map over the top of everything, which improved on the fairly wonky painting I had before that. Also used a smeary brush for the luminosity layer, which gave it a bit more of an oily look.