365 Days of Art: Something sticky and something sweet

363. Something sticky and something sweet.

Another pen drawing for my 365 Days of Art challenge; this time it's for number 363: "Something sticky and something sweet". Again, this was one I did a while ago and forgot to post and it was done mostly in felt tip pens that were lying around.

365 Days of Art: Toys

266. Toys

More of a quick doodle that I did a few months ago (and forgot to post) for this post's 365 Days of Art theme, 266: 'Toys'. Luckily, I was reminded of the picture when I drew a tiny Pierrot in a window of something else was drawing earlier today.

365 Days of Art: Spring

170. Spring

This is another picture for the 365 Days of Art challenge that I set myself and, also, with number 170: 'Spring', it also means I've finished the last of the 'Seasons' set (finally!). Spring is often associated with being the season of fresh, beautiful and young things, but I thought the personification of Spring themself might look a little worn out and somewhat "imperfect", after "giving birth" to all the new life of the year. Their slightly wonky nose and dark-circled eyes were on purpose. and I actually prefer them to be honest!

365 Days of Art: Something Wild

27. Something wild.

This is a digital painting I did as a present for my mother, as her some of her favourite animals are elephants. The elephants featured are Indian elephants, so the flowers featured are all based on flowers of India, though the colours have been varied slightly. After I was done with the picture, I had the piece printed onto a canvas and gave it my mother  - she seemed please with it and it's on her wall now. 

Luckily enough, it also counts towards my 365 Days of Art challenge for number 27: "something wild", so that's another one of those I can cross of a well!

365 Days of Art: A door to somewhere else...

301. A door to somewhere else.

As I haven't written here for a while, I thought I'd resume posting with another drawing towards the 365 Days of Art challenge. This is for theme number 301, "a door to somewhere else", which I drew on paper using fineliners. It probably would have looked better scanned, rather than just photographed, but that isn't what I did. So apologies if some of the details are a little blurred.

Inktober & No. 345 of 365 Days of Art - 'Starlet'

345. 'Starlet' - 'Starlet Moonshine'

Another InkTober drawing catch-up. This time, it's day 5 and is also theme number 345 - 'Starlet' - from my 365 Days of Art list. 'Starlet Moonshine' is the name of the character depicted. It's rather fitting that I called her that, as she looks rather tipsy in the picture!

Inktober & No. 28 of 365 Days of Art - 'Something Pink'

28. Something Pink - 'Do You Think They See Us?'

I'm trying to catch up with posting my InkTober drawings, as it's now day 8 and I've only posted 3 so far (oops!). This drawing is for day 4, but is also number 28 (something pink) from my 365 Days of Art list as well. The flowers are orchids and the insects were supposed to be the gorgeous little creatures known as orchid mantises, though they ended up looking like some alien hybrid form of one instead. So now this picture is taking place on another planet.

Inktober & No. 255 of 365 Days of Art - 'Camouflage'

255. Cephalopoda - 'Camouflage'

This was my drawing for yesterday's (day 3) InkTober challenge; it's a colourful little cuttlefish! I used purple, blue, light green, yellow, and black fineliners, plus a silver rollerball pen for the edging of its frill. This also counts towards my 365 Days of Art themes list, as I can cross off number 255: Cephalopoda. 

Inktober & No. 309 of 365 Days of Art - 'Pixie Dust'

309. Puppets - 'Pixie Dust'

For InkTober day 2, I once again looked to the 365 Days of Art list and decided to try and cross off number 309, 'Puppets' this time.Again, I used black and red fineliners ranging from 0.1-0.7mm, a silver & gold rollerball pens, but also used a green felt tip for the vines because I couldn't find the pen I was looking for at the time. 

Obviously no masterpieces are going to be created here, but I'm having fun with it and getting used to drawing with pens at the same time, so it's worthwhile!

Inktober & No. 14 of 365 Days of Art - 'Mr. Cimim'

14. Design a character based on an animal/mythical creature

This year, I decided to participate in InkTober, a yearly event in which you do an ink drawing for everyday for the month of October. I don't usually draw in pen and ink, but wanted to take it as an opportunity to improve this year. 

Yesterday, was the first day and I chose to also incorporate it into the 365 Days of Art challenge that I have going on this blog. This one is for number 14, "Design a character based on an animal/mythical creature"; I chose owls and mimic birds. I used fineliners between 0.1 - 0.7mm (in black, red and blue), a black 2mm fineliner (for thick lines and the background), and a silver rollerball pen for highlights. 

This is Mr, Cimim. He's an unusual, man-like creature, with bird talons for feet, four eyes, and a beak for a nose. He lives in The Forest of Unknown Visions and disguises himself with bird feathers and the head of a giant horned owl. He also constructs wings made of mimic bird feathers and spiderwebs, as he is able to absorb some of the attributes of each of the animals he clothes himself with. 

Mr. Cimim feeds exclusively on the one-eyed laughing snakes that live within the depths of The Forest of Unknown Visions. He lures them with mimicked songs that charm them up from the darkness, before striking them with his talons and ensnaring them within his sticky web wing. 

He then closes his second set of eyes and hypnotises the other snakes with the blue pigment and cloud reflections in his top set, ensuring that he is not bitten. Then he is free to extend his 20m long, scaly  legs legs down to the forest floor and calmly stalk away.