Based on a prompt from the Pose Drawing Sparkbook that reads, “I just heard the funniest joke…” I was listening to some Louie Anderson stand-up while I drew this, which also helped.
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I’m calling this one, “Frank’s Happy Hat”.
Spritely Sprite. #inktober #inktober2015
Inktober 2015 is underway! Yesterday I posted my free list of Inktober sketchbook ideas based on the Pose Drawing Sparkbook. Today’s prompt from the list reads, “Trying to close an overstuffed suitcase”. I’ve already attempted that prompt before, so today I drew a prompt from Ineedaprompt.com instead. The site gives you a random prompt every time you click on it. The one I got read, “A sailor dramatically catching a frisbee thrown by a gorilla.” I’ve got a lot on my plate today so I skipped the gorilla. Maybe I’ll come back to him another day.
For today’s warmup I thought I’d try drawing a character into a photo. Not sure it was 100% successful, but that’s what sketches are for: playing around, practicing, and sometimes making mistakes.
The October 2015 issue of Highlights Magazine just showed up in my mailbox with one of my illustrations inside. The idea was to use a bunch of words with an “oo” sound in the middle. Below is my preliminary sketch and the final art. After I turned in the sketch they asked me to change the pig from a sneezing “Achoo!” to shouting “Yahoo!” so I redrew his pose. Other than that it was pretty smooth sailing, and a lot of fun to draw.
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