Inktober 2015

Last year was the first time I participated in Inktober -- a drawing challenge where you create an ink drawing for every day in October. It was definitely challenging, but I managed to do the full 'marathon'. This year, I'm hoping I can pull off just a half-marathon or even just the 5k. I have a lot of new commissions to work on, so I'm trying to keep those at the top of my priority list. One of those commissions will involve working with a more childlike chibi style, so I thought I'd test drive it for Day 01 with a self portrait.

I realized while posting this that I didn't add any of my Inktober drawings from last year to the blog. I guess I'll have to do a little backtracking!

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Warrior Wolf

This started as just a fun character design trying to make a anthro wolf who was some kind of knight / warrior / adventurer. I really dug the design, so I kept playing around and tweaking him and then put him in this battle-ready pose with his magic sword. Stay tuned for further updates with this guy, I've got plenty of ideas for him but I'm still working on a good name.

Draw Every Day 351-365

 

Looking back through, I realized I skipped posting a group of drawings back from July. So here they are mixed in with the rest of my X-Mas drawings and the last few from the end of 2013. I'm very happy to say that my Draw Every Day was a success -- I pushed some limits, I practiced things I felt were weak, I celebrated movies and holidays and commited myself to putting pencil to paper every day for a year. You can still see my updates a few times a week on Twitter and Instagram @natexopher

Super Hero Design

I've been working on these characters for a while -- developing a story that I might want to tell. It's been quite a process getting costumes, powers, personalities and a good story together. Things are still in development, so I can't discuss too much yet. I just wanted to share my quick ink sketches of my new costume designs.

Draw Every Day 341-350

Going in to December, I thought it would be good to do a few Christmas related sketches and also get a few more requests our of the way. I didn't go overboard with X-Mas like I did with Halloween, but I did draw from a few movies that inspired me -- Home Alone, A Christmas Story and Rudolph. I also took a couple days to work on another original character (the anthro wolf below)

Draw Every Day 291-300

More and more monsters and creeps every night in October. After Halloween, I started working on a couple of my own characters and the Winter Soldier. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @natexopher

Draw Every Day 261-270

This update has a few random characters and the start of my Halloween celebration. I also shared a character that I've been tossing around for a while. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram for daily updates @natexopher