Queen of Ravens – 5″x7″ Copic marker by Howard Lyon |
We are half way through the month of October INKtober which means there is a ton of really great artwork out there. Â I thought I would compile and share some of the highlights I have seen so far.
If you aren’t following the #inktober and #inktober2015 tags on your social media of choice, you are missing out on some wonderful images. I am also struck by the diversity of the posts. I am going to try and include a wide variety here and embed their Instagram posts so that you can see more of their work if you are interested. Hopefully embedding works well for viewing.
J.A.W. Cooper
Cooper draws with an ease of line quality and a flow that always pulls me in. I love the way she draws people and animals alike.
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Joe Vriens
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Gabriel Picolo
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Fran Meneses
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Helen Chen Mingjue
I found Helen’s work by searching through the #inktober2015 tag. I love her work. Just beautiful. Her Instagram bio says she is the art Art Director at Paramount Animation, also worked for Disney Feature Animation, Jim Henson Company, Inc. and Cinderbiter.
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Jake Parker
Jake is using the month of October to reveal a new property he is developing for a graphic novel.
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and a couple of my own pieces
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I don’t do much fan art, but I couldn’t resist a couple Miyazaki pieces for the month
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And a grumpy druid to close things out
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Thanks for giving the post a look. I will have a wrap up in a couple weeks with some more Inktober!
Thanks Howard! So much beautiful linework. It's amazing to see what people produce over a month- inspiring!
You bet! There are literally hundreds of thousands of Inktober posts on Instagram. I am sure it will pass several million by the end of the month. Crazy how it started and has gathered steam. I love it!
Great stuff Howard. Joe Vriens is a beast! Thanks for posting-
Love it all….quite fancy doing some finished illustrations in my sketch book…just so I can show off down the pub! 😉
Thanks for featuring Inktober, Howard! It's my third year participating and it's thrilling to see everyone get involved and start to love ink on paper.