Sketchtember 2018

Sketchtember is a monthly drawing challenge in which artist create traditional or digital sketches during the month of September. As usual, you are free to draw whatever you like, but there are also various lists of prompts for each day. I'm not sure when it started and so far it doesn't seem organized like Inktober. I came across it by accident, when the month had already begun, so I wasn't sure if I'm ready for the challenge. I know that the main rule of of these challenges is to draw one drawing a day, but in this case I decided to spice it up (similar like my role model @drawwithjazza did with Inktober 2016) and draw only six drawings combining five prompts for each drawing, using the prompt list made by @sloworbitdraws.

Actually, I've been planning this variation of the original challenge for Inktober and this challenge came a little bit unexpected, so I guess it'll be some kind of an exercise. I also prepared short comments for each illustration, so I hope it'll turn out interesting. So, let's start!

Days 1-5: HORN, SCROLL, BOW, CAULDRON and BOOK

Everybody thought Rhinonda was a witch,

but all she ever wanted was find a recipe

for the perfect vegetable stew.

Days 6-10: SHIELD, HARP, STAFF, CROWN and KEY

"A harpist, a harpist! My kingdom for a harpist!",

cried King Toadore III in despair.

Days 11-15: ROPE, MIRROR, LUTE, MUG and PIPE

When the basement flooded,

Ratford didn't have much time to save all his possessions.

And that would be all, folks! Unfortunately, I didn't have time to finish the challenge, but I hope you liked and enjoyed the idea.

Until next post,

Grdi.

Odd One #19

How do you (not) solve your problems?

Sloth-like alien (Voltron)

I know what some of you are thinking: What the quiznak does this drawing have to do with Voltron? Usually when you hear the word Voltron, you think of robots, flying lions and their paladins, but no - in the vast sea of so much fan art involving all mentioned examples (and more!), I chose to draw the first alien we meet in the first episode (not counting Alteans and the Galra) - some kind of an alien sloth-like creature, the guardian of the Green Lion. We don't find out its name or the name of its species for that matter, it doesn't talk at all and we don't actually see other specimens, only this one, who lead Shiro and Pidge to the Lion.

In fact, most of the aliens resemble known animals such as owls, tardigrades etc., but for me this design was the most interesting. I watch way too many Japanese anime shows, so I'm usually sceptical when it comes to animated American shows, but I liked it very much. The story is very interesting, it unfolds as the episodes progress, there are many unexpected twists and the animation is great. I think I'll wait for the last season to be released and then, when it's all finished, try to draw something more familiar from the show.

Here's some WIP:

Until next time,

Grdi

Kittens of Asgard

About a week ago (or more?) I let you, my followers, decide what you'd like me to draw next, by using that question thingy in the IG stories. There were about 30 views, but surprisingly only one request: kittens! Following the steps of my mentor Jazza, I decided to add a little twist to that idea: I drew the kittens as members of the famous Asgardian family - Hela, claiming her throne and not letting anyone near it, Loki plotting how to overthrow her reign, and Thor doing some silly stuff and not caring about being the king.

As I said before, I keep using the graphic tablet so I can create fast and simple illustrations, but something about this drawing is still off - the style isn't cute enough, it doesn't look like it's drawn by someone who tends to call himself a skilled artist and it took me way too much time to finish it. Also, the lineart is too thick and some solutions could have turned out better. It seems I'll keep making some of these mistakes, at least until I eventually get a grip of it. So, let's be honest, I'm not really satisfied with the result, but I decided to post it anyway. Please be gentle.

Bye,

Grdi

Odd One #18

...make waaay too much lemonade? 🤔

Genos (One Punch Man)

Here's another practice with my Gaomon tablet, this time it's the cyborg Genos from my favourite anime One Punch Man. It was a random idea, just to see how the pressure sensitivity pen would behave with this kind of illustrations, and I must say I'm happy with how it turned out.

WIP:

Beach Body

My beach body is ready! Too bad I'm not going on a vacation this summer to show it off. 😜