Inktober Day 16: Well, This Turned Out Better Than Expected ^-^ . #inktober #inkstagram #inktober2016

Inktober day 23: a zombie bear, a zombear... ok terrible xD #inktober #inktober2016 #inktoberchallenge #ink #inking #draw #drawing #illustration #zombies #zombiedrawing #art #artistsoninstagram #artistsontumblr #zombie #bears #bear #beardrawing #halloween #spooky #scary

I’m pretty sure this is what my daughter sees when she looks in the mirror.

Walt Disney’s Tips on Animation | “This book was sold at the ‘Art Corner’ in Tomorrowland at Disneyland to introduce the basic concepts and drawing techniques of Disney character animation.” (x)

Inktober day 6: you know what is really cool about inking? Once you do it, there's no going back. You can only fix your mistakes next time... #inktober #inktober2016 #drawinggirl #drawing #artistsofinstagram #art #inking

HOLY FREE ART PROGRAMS BATMAN

I’ve had this list sitting around for a while (in case I ever want to try something new) and I thought I’d share it, because why the hell not, everybody loves free stuff. I’ve only used a couple, so for all I know these could be complete shit. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, RIGHT?

*= available for both windows and mac os

GIMP * - Does a lot of the same stuff as Photoshop.

FireAlpaca * - Similar to Paint Tool Sai, so it’s a good alternative for Mac users.

Autodesk Sketchbook Copic Edition * - Simulates the look of copic markers.

MyPaint * - Basic stuff, nothing fancy.

Pinta * - Drawing program modeled after paint.NET.

Inkscape * - Vector/drawing program meant to be similar to Illustrator.

ArtRage * - Digital painting program; you can get the trimmed down version for free or buy the full version with more features.

Sumo Paint * - In-browser drawing app.

DAZ Studio * - Some sort of 3D model poser thing.

Pencil * - Software for animating.

SketchUp * - Tool for making 3D models. Looks handy for stuff like architectural drawings.

Blender * - Pretty popular 3D software.

escape motions * - Some browser apps, fun to fiddle with when you’re bored (the fluid fire simulation is pretty cool imo).

Twistedbrush (Pixarra) - Seems to be meant for replicating the look of traditional media.

Pixia/Phierha - A popular program in Japan, according to the website.

Krita - This was originally made for Linux and it looks like the developers haven’t ironed out all of the kinks in the Windows installer.

Artweaver - Another trimmed down free thing if you don’t want to buy the full program.

paint.NET - Pretty basic kit, probably good for simple stuff.

Project Dogwaffle - I’m not sure what this one is all about because I couldn’t stop laughing at the terrible website.

Speedy Painter - Lightweight digital painting program.

mtPaint - Originally made for pixel art; simple enough to run on older computers.

Chasys Draw IES - Supposed to be some sort of drawing+image editor thing.

PaintRibbon - Seems to be another plain old basic image editor.

DrawPlus - Looks like it’s made for graphic design and vector stuff.

SmoothDraw - I’m guessing this is a basic thing for people who don’t want to bother with complicated stuff.

Nickelodeon

Pug

Yes! School has started and so far I still have time for quite a bit of personal art. So far so good and I really hope this continues. 

Inktober day 22: in everyone's garden #inktober #inktober2016 #inktoberchallenge #ink #inking #draw #drawing #illustration #gnome #gnomes #art #artistsoninstagram #artistsontumblr #halloween

CLOSING THOUGHTS

- Start small. - Make mistakes and try new things.  - Practice as much as possible. - Share your work with others and get feedback. - Study the work of the artists whom you admire. - If you don’t have a tablet, get one. Small ones are cheap and easy to carry around. - Have fun!