This year, when my friend Jacque’s hubby met his idol, the fantastic Dave Grohl, she knew of the perfect gift for him to honor this exciting moment.
She had seen the black ink drawings I did in preparation for the Afterhours Canvas Battle and commissioned me to help capture this moment in a similar style.
Overall, this 11″x14″ piece took around 6 hours to complete, done entirely in black ink with Micron and Stabilo fineliners with Sharpie and Copic markers on Strathmore smooth bristol paper.
Reference Photo
Sketchbook Draft
Final Portrait
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Inktober is a drawing challenge started by illustrator Jake Parker in 2009. My first Inktober was in 2017 and I decided to join in the fun this year, as well!
This year, I did 31 character designs with Copic markers and Micron and Gelly Roll pens on 4″x 6″ cards. Additionally, I did 3 different character illustrations on my Wacom tablet in Photoshop for the AdobeMAX Inktober contest.
Poisonous — Croaca
Tranquil — Glermp
Roasted — Renee
Spell — Benito “B”
Chicken — “Gallina”
Drooling — “Shake”
Exhausted — Karen
Star — StarDog
Precious — Precious Pockets
Flowing — Acadia
Cruel — Sandy
Whale — Fhtabiin
Guarded — Jake
Clock — The Clock Master
Weak — Gertrude
Light — Lucian
Angular — Ang Ülar
Build — Alan
Swollen — Gary
Connect — Cyn
Bottle — Bodie
Scorched — Kryzztinoth
Breakable — Alexis
Drain — Simon
Expensive — Thumbelina
Muddy — Marla
Chop — Octavian
Prickly — Caroline
Come see me draw live at the Canvas Battle, Nov 9!
Stretch — Swati
Thunder — Bruud
Gift — Skyler
Double — Sophia
Jolt — Scott “JoltMan69”
Slice — SliceBoy
If you are looking to grow your audience, get your work seen, and meet new artists across the world, joining in existing social drawing challenges, like Inktober or MerMay, is a great way to increase your impressions (views) and following!
If you’re interested in owning one of these Inktober originals, I’ll be giving them away to Raven-level patrons, so please subscribe to my Patreon.
For one of my childhood friend’s weddings, I gifted her this custom-airbrushed commemorative ceramic tray inspired by their wedding hashtag, #PachoLife.
When my cousin Zach got married, he and his wife had this cool idea to transform this boat stern bar he used for events at his store into a custom bar for their wedding.
Since I happened to be up in Maine for the wedding, my assistance was requested in painting this custom bar and for some lettering on some of their chalkboard signage.
For one of my childhood friend’s weddings, I gifted her this custom-airbrushed commemorative ceramic tray inspired by their wedding hashtag, #MillerTime2014.
Check out this video of the full masking and airbrushing process below:
