Works · Word and Image

  1. Pen drawing: the letters “to” from the lettering “Inktober”, filled with figures and faces

  2. Inktober 2019, view 2 of 41

    The whole title

  3. Inktober 2019, view 3 of 41

    Day 1, ‘ring’ (1/2)

  4. Tangle of curved brush strokes

    Day 1, ‘ring’ (2/2)

  5. Creature with an open skull singing, against a yellow square

    Day 2, ‘mindless’

  6. A fish made of the lettering “Inktober 2019” snapping at a drawing nib hung on a line as bait

    Day 3, ‘bait’

  7. Head with icicles hanging from its nose, against pale blue

    Day 4, ‘freeze’ (1/3)

  8. One-eyed creature with icicles, against pale blue

    Day 4, ‘freeze’ (2/3)

  9. Old head in a cap, hung with icicles

    Day 4, ‘freeze’ (3/3)

  10. The same machine with a red wash

    Day 5, ‘build’

  11. The letters “HU” made of clouds and sky

    Day 6, ‘husky’: HU + SKY

  12. Grinning fairy with a tiara and wand, against pink

    Day 7, ‘enchanted’

  13. Inktober 2019, view 13 of 41

    Day 8, ‘frail’: F-Rail

  14. A duck as the letter “S” on orange

    Day 9, ‘swing’: S-Wing

  15. Inktober 2019, view 15 of 41

    Day 10, ‘pattern’

  16. Singing bird on a snowy branch

    Day 11, ‘snow’

  17. Inktober 2019, view 17 of 41

    Day 12, ‘dragon’ (1/2)

  18. Winged creature with question marks

    Day 12, ‘dragon’ (2/2)

  19. Nine figures crumbling to dust

    Day 13, ‘ash’

  20. Boy with a huge ear on yellow

    Day 14, ‘overgrown’ (1/2)

  21. Branches with mushrooms and hanging drips

    Day 14, ‘overgrown’ (2/2)

  22. A figure says “I am legend”, another “Me too!”

    Day 15, ‘legend’ (1/2)

  23. A leg with the word “LEGEND”

    Day 15, ‘legend’: LEG-END (2/2)

  24. Flower with teeth and goggle eyes, “Wild Flower” below

    Day 16, ‘wild’

  25. Inktober 2019, view 25 of 41

    Day 19, ‘sling’

  26. Stooped figure leaving tracks

    Day 20, ‘tread’

  27. Inktober 2019, view 27 of 41

    Day 21, ‘treasure’

  28. Genie asking “What did you expect?”

    Day 22, ‘ghost’

  29. Maze of tubes with a small sage

    Day 23, ‘ancient’, whole picture

  30. Sage among tubes, detail

    Day 23, ‘ancient’, detail

  31. Dizzy head, lettering “Dizzy”

    Day 24, ‘dizzy’ (1/2)

  32. Twisted head with circling lines

    Day 24, ‘dizzy’ (2/2)

  33. Worm-like figure sticking out its tongue

    Day 25, ‘tasty’

  34. Inktober 2019, view 34 of 41

    Day 26, ‘dark’, second attempt

  35. Toothpaste figure with a toothbrush, blue

    Day 27, ‘coat’: ‘Most people use too much toothpaste.’ (1/2)

  36. Hand over flowing hair, ink bottle

    Day 27, ‘coat’ (2/2)

  37. Rider on a fantastic creature

    Day 28, ‘ride’

  38. Grinning head over red splashes

    Day 29, ‘injured’

  39. Inktober 2019, view 39 of 41

    Day 30, ‘catch’ (1/2)

  40. Creature with eye stalks in a hand

    Day 30, ‘catch’ (2/2)

  41. Draughtsman with an ink bottle, “The time is ripe”

    Day 31, ‘ripe’, the last day with the scratchy pointed nib

Inktober 2019

Year
2019
Technique
Pointed nib and ink (iron gall ink towards the end), partly with colour

In October 2019 he drew with a pointed nib for almost every prompt on the official Inktober list. Some prompts he took apart: ‘frail’ into F-Rail, ‘husky’ into HU + SKY. The title came last and spread across three posts on Instagram.

Letters, words and drawing in a single picture.

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