Inktober: days 6 to 16

[jainas]

A very late posting. I had ups and downs this past week but I managed to be regular and paradoxicaly only missed days during the week-end, when I have time and tends to do two drawings on sunday. ^^

Inktober 2018 Day 6 : Cerbère & Perséphone

// drooling

Inktober 2018 - Day 7 : Johnatan Livingston

// Flying

Inktober2018 - Day 8: 93% stardust

We have calcium in our bones, iron in our veins, carbon in our souls, and nitrogen in our brains. 93 percent stardust, with souls made of flames, we are all just stars that have people names.
Nikita Gill

Inktober 2018 - Day 9 : Antinoüs farouche

Enjolras était un jeune homme charmant, capable d'être terrible. Il était angéliquement beau. C'était Antinoüs farouche. On eût dit, à voir la réverbération pensive de son regard, qu'il avait déjà, dans quelque existence précédente, traversé l'apocalypse révolutionnaire.
Victor Hugo - Les misérables

Enjolras was a charming young man, who was capable of being terrible. He was angelically handsome. He was a savage Antinous. One would have said, to see the pensive thoughtfulness of his glance, that he had already, in some previous state of existence, traversed the revolutionary apocalypse.

Inktober 2018 - Day 10: In the Deep

Inktober 2018 - Day 11 : Starry solitudes

These are the hills, these are the woods, these are my starry solitudes
Robert Louis Stevenson

Inktober 2018 - Day 12 : Space whale

I reused day 11's technic for the sky. :)
Space whales: classic, but always a hit... And also my most populat post ever on tumblr with +500 notes. Someone even expressed interest to get it as a tattoo... We will see how it goes. ^^

Inktober 2018 - Day 13: Those who see

“I am less interested in ghosts than in people who see ghosts.” ― Graham Joyce

Inktober 2018 - Day 14 : Slithering

Number two of the soon to be Elements series.




And a post-drawing doodle decause I didn't feel like being done. :)

Inktober 2018 - Day 15 : Le verger

One apple, alone
In the abandoned orchard
reddens for winter
― Patrick Blanche, loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Le comble, utiliser la traduction anglaise d'un haïku en français... mais impossible de retrouver le poème d'origine. Si quelqu'un le connais ?

Comments

[mific]

Hi there. I’m afraid the art isn’t visible. Is it locked somehow?

[jainas]

Ha? It shouldn't be locked, it's hosted on LJ, and I can see it even when logged out... Maybe the post is too heavy for your connection?

[mific]

Yes, it was my internet connection, damn it! These are all marvellous. Love the made of stardust one especially, and the hints of aqua in the seagull’s sky.

[tarlanx]

All of them so good!

[jainas]

Thank you!

[dhampyresa]

I love these so much! Are you using coloured inks or watercolour/some other medium?

[jainas]

I'm using colorex inks, which I love because they have such bright colors, and some waterman black ink that have wonderfull colored hues once dilluted and work very well in interaction with blue colorex... (That's what I used for the various skies this week.)

But from a discussion with Eller it seems that Colorex only have a medium lightfastness, so I'll probably have to switch brand one of theses days. T_T

[dhampyresa]

Thank you!

[olivermoss]

These are amazing!

[jainas]

Thank you so much! :)

[goss]

These are all gorgeous! The Stardust one is a really neat concept. <3

[jainas]

Thank you!
I like the concept, but the composition was a bit weak I think... Maybe I'll reuse the concept for an other illustration later.

[goss]

I think it would look really cool if you inverted it, by using an entirely black background for the white stars.

[jainas]

Yes! I think so as well, I pland to try that once I find the time to scan all the drawings! :)

[scripsi]

Your art is always a joy to look at!

[jainas]

Thank you! <3

[yhlee]

So cool! My favorites are Day 6, with the striking composition, and Day 8, with the star-pointillist woman!

[jainas]

Thank you!
Day 6 was a lazy day, so I'm surprised how many people seem to like it! ^^ :)

[sunlit_stone]

God damn, these are all really great! Let's see, just to comment on some of my favourites...

I really love the Cerberus and Persephone one--the juxtaposition of this absolutely giant, kind of monstrous figure, and the clothes which signal antiquity, with the lovely, almost domesticity of the interaction--I love it <3

I love the touches of colour against the greyscale in the seagull one; it somehow brings it to life and really gives it the feel of flying, if you know what I mean? Maybe it creates more of a feeling of distance, or maybe it suggests the sea or the sky, I'm not sure, but that's definitely the effect it has for me.

I love the concept of the diamond woman one <3 Likewise the fine detail on the tentacles against the mass of black ocean and the thicker motions suggesting the waves, and likewise the space whale, which is a trope I adore. I love the way you've filled the background with little splotches of white, which could be clouds in the sky...or their reflection in the water <3

Last but not least, I really like the colour of the apple against the simple black outlines in Le verger! I think it definitely captures the contrast between the reddening apple and the oncoming cold.

[mekare]

Hmmm my favourite is stardust, I love the concept and the title. Persephone and Cerberus are wonderful, and I adore the background technique for the space whale and the RL Stevenson poem.
Unfortunately I don‘t know the original haiku for the apple. It‘s a great haiku though.

[jainas]

I love illustrating Haikus. :)
I decided to experiment more with the inky background technique, there is a few more drawings of the same kind on my instagram, and I'll probably make more: https://www.instagram.com/artofclem/