Inktober is Over

Unlike in previous years, I submit my artwork to every day’s prompt during Inktober. A few might have been late at night, but all were submitted on the day in question. I had decided to have fun doing inkwork rather than stress myself about the ideas or the quality of the inkwork. I’m still getting over some unusual problems related to my corneal graft, particularly with close things that are on my right-hand side. Don't worry; my vision is improving, and this demonstrates I can do stuff like drawing and inking.

The final Inktober prompt was “award”.  So an award, such as a certificate or something for my favourite pen, was the obvious item to draw. I sketched this out, and it was pretty boring. I suppose I could spend a lot of time doing fancy cross-hatched edges and Lettering. Then it struck me I should have an awards ceremony, like a gold Oscar or Logie. A Greek goddess holding my favourite pen, which is still the Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen range. They impressed me with their reliability, and they run smoothly for Indian Ink, giving a solid black line. They’re not the cheapest pens, but they seem to last, and I do find their line work suits my style. I have a few fixed-width fineliners, I dominantly use the thicker ones eg. 0.7 (M). My real favourites are the brush pen (B) and soft brush (SB) both of which give great flexibility in linework, the line width and expressive curves.

So it wasn’t hard to make a decision that the award should be part of the awards ceremony with a Statuette of a Greek Goddess holding the winning pen.

BTW I did have fun participating in Inktober this year and feel quite proud that I submitted something every day and finished the whole month.