inktober 52 - 2022
The illustrations here are for the Inktober 52 'one drawing a week' challenge. I started the 2022 challenge in week 45, and I also have done weeks 40-43 as part of the October Inktober 'drawing a day' challenge. These illustrations are also on my instagram account with additional background information. If you would like to find out more then please click here.
This is the final prompt list for Inktober52 2022. The orange-coloured prompts are the ones included in the monthly October challenge. The pink-coloured ones are the ones I continued to do after that. The white ones are the ones I didn't do.
WEEK 52: A friend told me this one in 1990, I was young and gullible and repeated it as truth to at least one other person. 😂 This is a line drawing in a sketchbook, which I took a photo of and coloured in photoshop.
WEEK 51: VICTORIAN Illustrations of dead birds (usually robins or wrens), were sometimes found on Victorian Christmas cards. There was a tradition of killing a wren or robin on St. Stephen's Day (Dec. 26) for luck. My illustration is showing that there is still some ‘pagan’ magic around, though it is mainly just me having some fun with it!
WEEK 48: STAR There is an asterism (a pattern of stars that is not a constellation) in Sagittarius called 'The Teapot.. 'The Teaspoon' is also associated with it, but all the other asterisms are ficticious ones of my own invention.
WEEK 49: GRAFFITI In December 2022 I used Sharpies to draw my ‘tag’ on a brick wall in my back garden but I didn’t like how the hare was going, so I painted over it in white emulsion paint. Except…. it turned below freezing and the white paint wouldn’t dry for days and days and it was early March when the day came when I grasped my charcoal stick and Sharpie and finally completed it. I really like the contrast between the hard graffiti graphics and the soft lines of the animals.
WEEK 50: COMBO I had flu during the week and came up with this dark slant when I was in the middle of it! I am glad I saw it through to a finished drawing, but my concentration levels were not quite up to speed and it's a bit rushed. I'm still fond of it though.
WEEK 47: GOBBLE The wild turkey is native to North America. It is losing its natural habitat and can be found foraging in urban habitats such as parks or sporting areas. King George II is said to have introduced a flock of wild turkeys to Richmond Park in the 18th century: some descendants may have survived and made their way to Norfolk. I have drawn a male wild turkey in full display, watching some of its flock pecking at the turf of Carrow Road Stadium.
WEEK 46: DREAM This is a drawing of a recurring childhood dream where I would be stuck in the middle of a very thin string bridge.
WEEK 45: SCARF This is inspired by the World Cup Finals in Qatar.