Gator Buddies

Nearly the end of October and I've only done 5 pieces for Inktober? My procrastination is on a fucking roll, guys!

Anyway, more gators, and more messing around with watercolor pens and shading.

The Gators Next Door

"Hey, you gotta waaaaaakey," Stubby nudged the larger gator he sat on. "We got visitors!"

Crocigator groaned, unwilling to move despite the smaller gator's protests. Meanwhile, Pudgy stared on, completely surprised by what he was seeing. He had always thought Crocigator had lived by himself, but he had never thought even once that the lazy, reserved gator turned out to be a father...

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I said at the beginning of the year I'd make content about them. Nine months later, well, here we are.

It's great to have a background (and in color holy shit) for once. Also did a lot of messing around with my pens, but I think I'll be looking into some techniques online for future inks. I personally don't like how the beams keeping the wooden dock up turned out though.

Am I Doing This Right?

"You could use a little more practice, girl. But it's okay. You'll get there eventually."

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Mary's not used to this whole dating thing; she was never really the most social person. Thea's at least sympathetic towards the brunette, and simply lets Mary take her time.

Been so long since I drew these two. I'm a little worried about the proportions in this picture, but I'm at a point where I could care less so long as it comes out decent. I am though rather miffed that some water managed to smear on the flower on Thea's slipper... And we have this mess on Mary's pants. More caution in the future!

Inktober 2018

Been a full year since I've come to Japan. It's been really busy, but recently I've had the chance to mellow out from all the studies I've been doing by traveling some, playing games, and getting back into jogging and losing weight. Overall really chill. Now I'm feeling a little more motivated to start again and I've decided to jump back in to art after a prolonged artist's block.

For some reason, while I have a tablet and a photo editing program to work with, I'm still drawn to the allure of traditional art. Some time ago, for the sake of a school project I ordered some watercolor brush pens, and after acquiring a new notebook, I gave inking a try after so long:

My avoiding smudges technique is rather off unfortunately...

So there you have it. My game is a little rusty, but I hope that by doing this I can manage to get back to my old routine of drawing and inking, and with color this time (would it still be considered inking?). It'll be a nice change from all this monochrome I'm terribly used to.

Oh, and I'll try to finish on time this time ignoring the fact that I'm already six days late as of this writing. For once. You can view my progress for this year's #inktober by clicking the Inktober 2018 tag on the right side of the screen, or just the link in this sentence if you're on mobile.

Cheers to a productive Inktober!

-Zip