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Progress of my Halloween-Entry of this year's Inktober: cute witchy black cat

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Inktober 2024 #31 - yeah, done!

For the last day of Inktober and Halloween I chose a cute and a bit more elaborate design "to be inspired by". My daughter lent me her colored pencils and contributed a very witchy hat to the drawing.

My conclusions from Inktober:

- rush and pressure are not friends of my creative process

- but: regular exercise soon leads to visible technical improvement

- finishing a drawing in one sitting is hard: I prefer to let it sit and return later for a second or third round.

I chose not to follow the prompts. This left the field wide open for spontaneous inspirations or desperate grabs. But more restrictions might be a nice challenge - for next year!

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Inktober 2024 #30

Family vacations and drawing challenges don't go well together. I had to use the calm down time after the evening sauna to get at least a quick sketch done.

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Inktober 2024 #29

Autumn stroll: Oststrand Sellin

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Inktober 2024 #28

Seagulls at the Baltic Sea

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Inktober 2024 #27

Small church in Baabe on the Island of Ruegen

Trees are difficult.

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Inktober 2024 #26

Quick sketch after one of the most beautiful Madonna's by Donatello. And I'll never make fun of ugly babies in old art again: Donatello's baby Jesus is so sweet - and mine looks like a moody gremlin, argh!

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Inktober 2024 #25

I guess, my main take away from this month of art challenge is that rush rarely leads to good results... Or: I should decide more wisely, what to start when I only have a little time (which is most days)...

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Inktober 2024 #24

Back to portraits: a quick sketch of Katie Melua while listening to her music. Very enjoyable experience.

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Inktober 2024 #23

Rush is definitively no friend of any artistic progress - argh!

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Inktober 2024 #22

I tried to copy a cute design by the adorable Shinepaw, but I failed miserably at the expressions - horrible!

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Inktober 2024 #21

It's the best child's birthday - I was honoured with the grace to draw the new friend in the family. With hurry.

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Inktober 2024 #20

Finally a sketch with ink! I used a very old "Tintenstift" by Eberhard Faber with the nice no. 666. It works like graphite but gets a beautiful rich violet hue when activated with water

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Inktober 2024 #19

Weekends belong to the family: some fast sketches

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Inktober 2024 #18

...not much time to draw

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Inktober 2024 #17

Back to portraits, this time in aquarell. But again: the time was just not enough to finish it in one sitting without rushing...