Inktober 3-8

 Just a basic pic dump to keep going on Inktober.

Inktober and other artsy stuff

So, the Husband talked me into doing this Inktober thing. I haven't done a art prompt/challenge thing before, so it should be interesting. Ink also isn't my favorite medium to work with, so it really is something of a challenge. I am following the Inktober.com official prompt list. 

Here's my first offering, for the poisonous prompt. Nothing fancy, doodled while sitting the car waiting for the Husband and Child as they went to play in the tiny, overcrowded Gamestop I really don't like being in. A bit too claustrophobic for me, even if I do enjoy playing games and am a complete nerd myself. Thankfully, the Husband had some of his fancy markers with him, so I was able to try out something other than a ball point pen. (I actually enjoy drawing with ball point, but the point of a challenge is to, well, challenge yourself)

As I usually have a pencil on hand, I will most likely be doing pencil under-drawings. I am comfortable doing a straight-up ball point drawing without a pencil crutch, I definitely will need the pencil for any attempts with a marker. I'm not that familiar with how marker and other inks behave.

Day 2, Tranquil, started with a very light pencil outline, but then I did the bulk of it in ball point pen. Honestly, I don't like it. She doesn't have quite the tranquil expression I was going for, and I really dislike the hair. C'est la vie. Not all drawings turn out the way I would like them to, but such is the nature of art.

As a connection to the shop, all my embroidery begins as a drawing. I transfer a copy of the base drawing on to tracing paper, pin it to the hoop I'm embroidering, and stitch a basic outline before removing the paper. The original drawing is used as a reference as I stitch. If I am stitching something that has a real-life counterpart (like the rabbit iron-on patch) I will use photos found online for color, shading, and position references, but the underlying drawing is always mine. While every embroidered item is by it's hand stitched nature, is unique, I like having the reference drawing on hand in case I wanted to stitch it again.