Inktober 2020 #5 – Blade

October 5, 2020October 5, 20206 Comments

Today we have sabre drill. A girl practicing fencing with her coach. The prompt was blade. I took the time to do comic book style shading and highlights this time.

I did my best to get the lunge position and the clothing correct. My husband fences, so I got a bit of advice from him on that. The coach is based very roughly on his coach and this drill is very common for beginning sabre fencers.

Sabre is the hack and slash style of fencing. Foil and epee are the pokey styles. My daughter is deeply disappointed I drew sabre instead of epee. She thinks epee is the best. But sabre just doesn’t have as nice a sound effect. SMACK!

A girl practicing sabre drills with her fencing coach. She is performing a strike-to-head which makes a "SMACK!" sound and her coach says, "Good!"

Inktober 2020 #4 – Radio

October 4, 2020September 25, 20202 Comments

Today’s prompt was radio, so these two aliens are groov’in to earth music in their flying saucer.

Two aliens dancing to Earth music on the radio in their flying saucer.

Inktober 2020 #3 – Bulky

October 3, 2020September 25, 20202 Comments

This is a more traditional Inktober style for me. More pure black and pure white than the grays from the last two pieces. So, this boy’s lifting a bulky backpack. I didn’t get it quite as silly and exaggerated as I wanted to, but I’m calling it done.