Happy November!
Last month, I took part in Inktober and today I'll be sharing the images I created that month.
I did not follow the official Inktober daily prompts, but chose my own theme which I called "Elftober". The idea was to paint pictures loosely inspired by worlds in which elves appear, like Tolkien's Middle Earth, The Elder Scrolls realms, World of Warcraft, Norse mythology, etc.
But, most important for me was to be drawing daily and enjoying myself.
At first, I started my making ink line work style drawings, but later I decided to switch to doing ink line work, finished by ink washes. Those felt more complete and satisfying to work on and they became good opportunities to study lighting and landscapes.
In order to make work manageable for my schedule, I kept my pieces on the smaller scale. Most of them were smaller than 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15cm) in size.
Primarily, I used black micron pens (003, 005, 01), black and white waterproof inks, sometimes throwing in a little colour with inks I had premixed small batches of months ago. I also used white crayons and salt for some final touches and texture effects.
In total, I made 30 pieces and chose to write off #31 as a rest/admin day. :) View them bigger by clicking through below.
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| Day 1 |
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| Day 2 - Tranquil |
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| Day 3 - Moth Messenger |
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| Day 4 - Secluded Waterfall |
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| Day 5 - Misty Mountains |
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| Day 6 - Long Journey |
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| Day 7 - Bird Conversations |
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| Day 8 - Galadriel |
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| Day 9 - Dewy Mushroom |
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| Day 10 - Pine |
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| Day 11 - Target In Range |
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| Day 12 - Fox Friend |
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| Day 13 - Nearly Starless Night |
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| Day 14 - Midnight Garden |
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| Day 15 - Hideout |
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| Day 16 - Misty Lake |
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| Day 17 - Foggy Forest |
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| Day 18 - Dewy Dandelions |
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| Day 19 - Star Sailing |
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| Day 20 - Dark Elf Mysticism |
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| Day 21 - Farewell? |
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| Day 22 - Divine Presence |
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| Day 23 - Mordor |
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| Day 24 - The Cold Passage |
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| Day 25 - Snowy Hobbiton |
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| Day 26 - View From The Summit |
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| Day 27 - Tryst |
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| Day 28 - Moths At Twilight |
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| Day 29 - Will-O'-The-Wisps And Fireflies |
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| Day 30 - Dark Star Summoner |
A variety of original paintings, prints and other merch are now available at my shops below.
I was also thinking it might be fun to try and continue doing one of these tiny paintings once a week.
Keep an eye on my art pages for that!
Till next time!
P.S. My previous Inktober series {
is here}.
