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Inktober

This is the first time I've ever participated in inktober, although its not the first time I learned about it, I first discovered it last year through Anthony Holden. I've always loved ink drawings and thought I'd give it a try with my zig nip set and synthetic brush, I used mostly the G nib and tried out the method Yuko Shimizu teaches in her skill share class.

I tried doing a ink wash for the girl

And demonstrating the different textures of the fur and scarf

I learned quite a bit doing this but the most important thing I think was to loosen up, I never realized how stiffly I did the pencils and lines. This is by no means very loose either but its much better then before, I had originally wanted to make a theme for inktober and I think I will starting next week. Hope everyone has a wonderful inktober.