INKtober 2018, Day Seven: Octopus

I finished week one a couple days ago, but I haven't made much headway in week two. I asked on my Facebook art page if I should stick to animals the whole of INKtober, or if I should change the theme each week, and the vote was in favor of changing, with a request for cartoons. As I have not started week two yet, I will double up, doing both a cartoon ink and an ink of different inanimate objects. I'm determined to finish this INKtober and then probably never do it again, it's too stressful for me. I like drawing and all, but I'm really looking forward to the end of this!

INKtober 2018, Day Six: Bird

INKtober 2018, Day Five: Starfish

INKtober 2018, Day Four: Elephant

I used this one to practice different ink shading techniques.

INKtober 2018, Day Three: Snail

I've been doing much, much better than usual at INKtober this year... But man, have I been bad at uploading those artworks to this blog! I'll explain how this I am going about this INKtober when I post the wrap-up to week one. Until then, here's a drawing of how I feel working through challenges like INKtober...

INKtober 2018, Day Two: Whale

Guys, I promise I've been doing this. I just forgot to post them here, although I remembered to post them elsewhere.

Photo referenced from Google Images because I don't know how to draw animals without reference, hence choosing animals for practice during this INKtober. 

INKtober 2018- Day One: Rabbit

Original Drawing of a Girl

Question Number One: Who Is Snoke?

Question number 2: was that a clickbait title?

Answer number 1. I don't know and I also don't care very much. He can be Jar Jar Binks if he wants to be. Or Qui-Gon Jinn. Or even Padme's anonymous father. Or, more likely, Gollum, who feel into lava and somehow was transported through time and space and worlds and grew 5 feet.

Answer number 2: Yes. Yes, it was. "Who is Snoke" is officially the most Googled Star Wars related thing ever and I am using to this is my advantage.

Anyway. I'm sure you guessed this post was something art related. Last night I drew all the characters that I care about from The Last Jedi (and some I didn't care about) (like Snoke) (and Poe). It took about one hour start to finish, collectively. I was originally going for a cartoony style and drew this:

And then I drew this:

And I liked them both. 

And then I drew this and hated her eyes:

So I decided the next one would have to be better and drew this:

(After I saw The Force Awakens, I didn't like Kylo Ren but also kind of did and I liked Poe but also didn't. After seeing The Last Jedi I don't like Poe but still kind of do, and like Kylo but also still don't. If that makes sense.)

And those style were so different I had to start over to make them match.

I will not call her simply Rose, I will call her Briar Rose, because she is currently being The Sleeping Beauty. Get well soon, Aurora.

I like how Luke projected himself with short brown hair. I get why he would want to make himself look younger, but he never even had brown hair when he was young. I guess he was insecure about his natural blondness. 

🎶It's just a matter of time before we learn how to fllllly🎶

She had the same hairstyle for twenty years and then one dip in a tiny lake ruined it forever. 

I did two Finns, too. Finn and Rey are rather worth drawing twice.

Snoke, or, as my mother calls him, "Supreme Leader Snookums". 

Where are Holdo and Hux? you ask. NOWHERE. THEY ARE NOWHERE. I WOULD EVEN DRAW POE AND SNOKE,  I MIGHT EVEN DRAW *PHASMA* BEFORE I DRAW THEM. (Notice how I didn't respectfully address them as Admiral and General.) Everyone died or almost died because Holdo wanted to be all secretive and mysterious. And Poe wouldn't have been so annoying if she hadn't been there. And Hux has no personality but I still hate his personality. Also all the droids are missing because I didn't want to draw all that detail on robots. And I didn't care about DJ because he was too confusing. And I stuck Kylo Ren down at the bottom, if you are looking for him. 

There were a lot of things in that movie that make no sense but I'm pretty sure that's just because I didn't catch most it, for instance, my sister told me that Rey had probably taken the Jedi texts before Gonzo ascended down from Force Heaven and blew up the Learning Tree. I told her it sounded like she didn't because Yoda says that Rey already has everything she needs from the library,  which I thought meant there was nothing in there that she didn't already know. No... it meant she had everything she needed from the library.... which apparently was the entire contents of said library....... Bri was adamant that she had gotten them, and we argued about that. Come to find out, you can see them when Finn opens a drawer to get the unconscious Rose a blanket. I missed a lot of little things like that, like Ben Solo's calligraphy set (?????) or the fact that Luke's force double uses Anakin's lightsaber when it has already been destroyed. Speaking of which, Anakin used that lightsaber for like, two weeks, and Luke used it for about two years and Rey has used for it two days, and we see Ben Solo use it in the flashback scene, so when he screams that that lightsaber belongs to him, he probably does have more claim on it then anybody. He might have used it for about THREE years.
We also found out Rey is part of The Solo Family. Her family is just herself. As in.....she is solo.....

Now here are some drawings of The Solo Family that I did last year. I didn't post them because there was a tiny little chance I might have had to add Rey, but I didn't, just as I figured. 

Alright, everytime I try to put the Kylo Ren drawing on here, it deletes this Han drawing and puts Kylo in his place instead. Really, Kylo? You weren't content with just killing him.... You have to delete him as well.....

Ben Solo's name is Solo because he's so low. 

And, to close, here is my favorite drawing of Rey: 

Nothing.

*Update: I added above gif because four out of five people thought I was making a joke about how I didn't like Rey and so my favorite drawing of her was one were she wasn't there, instead of the joke being me actually quoting the movie. That is not true. I do like Rey. But I had to add the gif for clarity. The drawing is nothing as in, she is "nothing". (But not to me.)

A Sketch Titled: Pretty Much What My Hands Look Like After I Paint

A.K.A: messy. 

P.S. I saw The Last Jedi when it came out on DVD and so that put me in the mood to draw some Star Wars Stuff (which I haven't finished yet- I haven't really finished any of my drawings lately) and so you can expect some of those this month. Or maybe next month. Or maybe never. You can never really know.

The Art Moth Tag

The other day I was wishing I knew more Art blogs I could follow and was wondering how I would be able to find some. And THEN I had the most original idea of the century: I could create an art tag! The blogging world seems to have been taken over by tag after tag, some people doing the same tag twice (because people like me don't realize someone had already tagged them so we tag them again) and some people doing the tags without even being tagged. So I guess having one more tag floating around won't bother anyone.

Anyway, I've never seen an art tag before, and I know all artists are secretly pining for an excuse to talk about their art (why do you think I started this blog?) so I figured there might be a few people out there who would be grateful for this. 

Okay, here goes. 

The rules: 

Answer the questions (the entire point of this tag). 

Upload some pictures of your drawings to illustrate (illustrate... Get it?) why you answered the way you did. (E.g. if you say you think you're really good at drawing hair, show us your best hair drawing. It is not necessary to do this for every question, but try for at least most of them.)

Try to tag at least three people whom you know are artists and would like sharing their art. Try not to tag people who have already been tagged. Give a link to their blog.
Copy and paste the rules on your blog.
Link to The Art Moth (shameless self advertising, I know.)

(I'm sorry, but I can only tag one. The entire reason I made this is because I hardly know any art blogs that are still active.)

Now I tag myself first off. (And yes, I will be reusing pictures I've already put on this blog.)

*Ahem*

1. When did you start drawing?

This is the first drawing I did that really inpressed people. I drew it on a whim, I hadn't really ever thought of drawing before. I drew it when I was about eleven. After this, I never stopped. 

2. What is your favorite thing to draw?
Faces! I used to draw single left eyes everywhere, but this past year I've been trying to learn how to draw faces without a reference.

Here's what I consider my best face, shadingwise.

3. Have you ever taken drawing lessons? 

Not exactly, but my dad helps me often, and I consider that lessons. But this year my Gramma gifted me with a Udemy course in drawing, so I've been taking that, too.

4. How often do you draw? 

I used to draw every day, and I've been trying to again, but usually I draw about three pictures a week.

5. Which medium is your favorite? 

Watercolor is what I like best, but the medium I'm best at is regular ol' graphite. Lately I've been trying out pen and marker portraits.

6. Do you mostly draw people, animals, plants, or objects? 
Definitely people. I very, very rarely draw plants, and objects are just boring to draw. I used to draw animals quite a bit, but I haven't for a while.

This is the last "object" I've drawn.

7. What is something you wish you could draw, but can't? (And all the people said: hands.) 

And the person said: hands.

8. Do you finish your sketch books before buying another? 

Nope. I have three now that are unfinished and yet I'm still planning on getting a spiral bound one soon.

9. How long does each drawing take you?Cartoon sketches take about ten minutes if I don't color them. A realistic one takes about forty to ninety minutes start to to finish.

(This is what I mean by "cartoon". It took about twenty minutes.)

10: Who is your favorite artist? (Living or dead.) 
I really like Anthony VanArsdale's work. I also like Leonardo Da Vanci's unpainted sketches, and there are a lot of Disney artist's work that I like, like Steve Thompson's concept art.

Alrighty! I tag:
Abbie
Sorry, Abbie. You are alone. If you don't want to do this, or if you can't tag anyone, that's completely fine!
Anyone else who wants to do this is very welcome to,  just please comment and tell me so I can check it out!
Okay, bye!!!

Okay, I'm done.

You may have noticed that I have not uploaded any more INKtober drawings. And to tell you a secret I still have not even finished INKtober. So I haven't uploaded them all. I think all in all I did 16 drawings out of the thirty-one I should have. But by now we are almost as close to next October as we are to the last one, and I've waited this long, so I may as well wait that long again. I'm going to start just posting regular art again, and finish this INKtober next October.
Here's what I have been drawing instead of drawing what I was supposed to be drawing!

I don't even remember deciding to draw this. But apparently I did. 

All my family members are telling me this is terrifying, and in a way it is, but I have tried and tried to give her pupils and it always looks different from what I'm wanting, so I gave up. (Okay. I'm done.)

I redrew my Kylo Ren drawing because everyone said it was my best, and I have improved in my art, but everyone likes my old one better...? Go here if you want to see my first one.

Something feels a little off on this one, but I can't tell what it is. I love her eyes, though. And they even have pupils!

And there you are. Some art to pass the time as we wait for next October. *sips tea from bowl because I never got around to washing my cup*

INKtober, A.K.A. INKcicle Day One: The Goof

Using the prompt "Draw your favorite original Disney Character (i.e., Mickey, Donald Duck, Goofy, etc.)

Some More Drawings While You Wait For The Inktober Pictures That I Am Still Not Doing:

In hindsight, I'm not sure how that lid is supposed to fit on that cup, but I'm sure it will do its best.

This Rey is technically part of Inktober. Consider it a sneak peek.

Inktober 2017...?

Man, has it been a while since I last blogged! I have been drawing a good amount since then, but I never seem to remember to upload those drawings. I'll show you one drawing I have done recently, and then get on with the post...

(Used reference- I can't find the original artist.)

Anyway, about Inktober. I have been trying to do it again this year... "trying again" as in, that is all I did last year, and all I am doing this year... trying. And not doing. But, as the saying goes; "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again." Meaning I will probably try and fail next year, too, because it's "try, try, again", not just "try again". You have to try again twice to get it to work. And I have only tried again once.

Maybe next year I should just do "Thinktober", where I have one thought every day for 31 days. But no, that sounds even harder than regular Inktober.

I have done fourteen ink drawings this year, so I am up a good cry from just the one I did last year. I have been using a Disney Challenge that I tried to do with a friend two years ago in May (as you can see, I am very good at trying to do things), but on day FOUR I somehow got mixed and did the wrong drawing... and then I never got de-mixed up again. I then tried doing two a day, and that meant I would have to decide on not just one, but two favorite Disney scenes, princesses, princes, villains, songs, or the Disney princess with the prettiest left-hand thumbnail (or something like that) and it got confusing and harder to do. Then I reached The Middle where we had to draw Actual Scenes, not just characters. And then I realized that would mean 1) Choosing a favorite scene, 2) Finding the perfect screen capture of the scene OR 2&1/2) Taking my own screen capture (The reason that's 2&1/2 instead of a 3 is that it's not a different step, just a different way of doing it). So I went to bed. And the next morning when I woke up I just decided to do one more drawing for this month, and then next month introduce a New and Very Cool trend called "Inkvember". Catchy, huh? THEN, probably in December (Inkcember? Nah. Ink-cicle? Get it? Winter, icicles...okay, well, nevermind, then.), anyway, in that month, I will upload one of the ink drawings a day, like I was supposed to this month. And didn't. Ah, well. Until then, have fun browsing the new collection of other people's Inktober drawings, that they actually remembered to put up. What a glorious sense of satisfaction with themselves they must feel.

(P.S. I just remembered I actually do have some new random art you haven't seen yet. I'll upload those between times, if you'd like. If you don't like, then I will post them anyway, because I won't know you don't like until after I've already posted them. When it will be too late.)

(P.P.S. BTW, apropos of that gif: What is Yoda's full name? Yoda Layhee Hoo.)

Dragon Concept Art

Rogue One/ Big Hero Six crossover

Breaking Down My Drawing Skills:

 Here are some of my drawings, explaining what I think I'm good at, and what I know I'm not, also including what I like to draw, some of my favorite drawings, and some "Then and Now" art. I've been drawing for about four? five? I don't really know how many years, haha. But I am thinking of starting an Etsy sometime soon.

By the way, all the blogs I read, the girls who write them always say "AND OH MY GOOOODNESS, I AM LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILE I WRITE, IT MAKES  ME SO CREATIVE, I'M NOW WRITING SO GOOD I CAN TASTE IT", and so I decided to listen to music while I wrote, and I'm sorry, but I can't. The music is so pretty, I have to stop writing to listen to it. If you have music on, you have to listen to it and do nothing else, that's just how it is. No writing when the music's back is turned. Just listen.
  Anyway. Read this, and if you are listening to music as you do so, either pause the music until you are done, or stop reading. Thanks. WHAT ARE YOU DOING GOING TO YOUTUBE JUST BECAUSE I SAID NOT TO, GET BACK HERE. TURN THAT MUSIC OFF.

Ahem.


Things I can draw fairly well:

1: Eyes I LOVE drawing eyes. Ever since I was eight and didn't even draw yet, I would still pick up a pencil whenever I was bored, and draw an outrageous eye. Honestly, you don't even really want to see it. But now I have made you curious, and so I may one day be nice and show you. But it is not this day. So for now, I will show you one I have done a 'right good job on', that will validate my statement saying I can do so.

This was done on my math page.

2: Hair Hair is something that I don't really enjoy or hate, I just do it, and it turns out fairly decent, I am told. I don't do any definition in it for my style, but I do if I am doing a realistic portrait (something I haven't done for a good long while, for no reason other than the fact that  I just haven't).

Cartoon hair... 

(And apparently this is the best realistic hair I've done, per what I've been told.)

3: Profiles I don't know why I don't enjoy doing full face drawings as much as profile ones, but I think it's because drawing one long swoop for both the forehead and nose is fun, and you can show the hair to a better advantage, as well.

Lots of hair.

4: Animals, sort of I had never even tried drawing animals before my Aunt's baby shower last month. But then I had to draw a lot of elephants, and found out I was okay at it, haha. I'm not posting the elephants today, but here are some other animals that I have drawn lately:

I actually used Shere Khan for this

 Actually, wait, here is a sneak peak of the elephant:

5: Faces, I think, maybe I love drawing faces, but I know I have a lot to learn. Still, I think they're fair enough, haha.

Things I can't draw very well: 

1: HANDS You can't do hands good either, can you? You can't. No one can.

CIRCLES

2: Feet.  You can't do those, either. (See above for picture of how I escape drawing feet)

3: Necks.  I don't know what it is with necks, but I just cannot draw them. I have tried. I have read tutorials, I have filled pages with just necks, trying to get the hang of it, but I cannot draw them. Necks or shoulders. If you have any tips, gi'mme.

The neck's like "whomp" and the shoulders are like "pmohw<<< which is "whomp" backwards

4: Clothes Maybe because I haven't practiced, but I'm really terrible at drawing clothes. In fact, this is the best I have ever done:

And I will not show you the worst.

Things I have learned this last year: 

1. Animation Something I have always wanted to do, but I had no idea how to make gifs, until I found gifmaker.me. I have only done four so far, here's the last one I've done:

2. Eye placement Just drawing guidelines does not work for me. I learned to just draw a circle in the middle of the head, and then put the eye on the bottom line of it. Example:

Without circle, the eye is wayyyyy up there, and too close to her forehead/nose. 

Add the circle, and she looks like a human. Even though this is not the same girl.

Things I need to work on: 

 1. Drawing with inks  I had no idea how to do this, so when I tried to do Inktober for the first  time last year, I had to give up on the second day. The second one. October 2nd. I did one day. Here they are, here are all my drawings from Inktober. Prepare to scroll for a long time as you look at all the drawings I did for a thirty-one day challenge.... 

Shufph, there's just so MANY of them! *wipes brow*

2. Painting with acrylics. I have no pictures for this, because I never paint with acrylics.

I told you I didn't have a picture, stop waiting for it to load.

Art progress in one year: 

And now I will tell you who my favorite artists are, but not in this post, as it is too long.

I am still mad at you for listening to music while you read this.