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Getting Ready for Inktober 2020

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/11, 3 sec, ISO320
 “Murillo Reference” Cedar Park, 2020

I’m getting psyched for the upcoming Inktober! Just like last year, I’ll be doing daily drawings on my iPad but not following the official Inktober prompts. And of course, these won’t be ink drawings.

I’ve been really lax about my digital drawing, so this will be good for me. I know I learned a lot last year and am looking forward to what this year will bring as far as new techniques and preferences.

Today’s photo is of a drawing I started. I am basically getting a line drawing ready to use as a basis for different kinds of styles.

The original painting is The Virgin of the Annunciation by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo which I viewed at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Unfortunately, one of Murillo’s other paintings was in the news recently because of a botched restoration attempt. 😔

Oh well, nothing is permanent…

またね～

Sketching from Reference Photos

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/125 sec, ISO250
 “Reference Photo” Cedar Park, 2019

So, Inktober is happening and I have been keeping up with my digital version or the project. I did double-up on Saturday because I was too busy on Friday to draw, but other than that it’s been a successful first week.

One thing I started doing is working with reference photos, in which I basically look at the photo either in a split window on the iPad or on another monitor while I draw it. These sketches are really fun and I am learning a lot about proportion and seeing things as lines and shapes rather than people. I was actually a little worried that I’d have a lot of trouble drawing from reference photos because I got a bit frustrated when I tried that before with faces, and ended up resorting to tracing directly over the images (which looked awful anyways). So these drawings, while super-simple, are really encouraging me to do more.

Please take a look at my reference photo drawings and the time-lapse videos below, or check out my sketching Instagram account if you are interested. And there are more videos at my YouTube channel too!

“October 7, 2019 Sketch”

“October 6, 2019 Sketch”

Inktober for Me? Well, Not Quite

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO500
 “iPad Drawings for Inktober” Cedar Park, 3029

Hi all! I’ve been doing quick sketches and doodles on my iPad almost every day (even if it is for just a few minutes) for a while now, but now that October has started, I thought I would give Inktober a try. I’m not going to use ink, nor follow the official prompts, but I’ll just try to do a more “complete” sketch every day. So, without further ado, here are my first two sketches:

iPad Update

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/15 sec, ISO320
 “iPad Update” Cedar Park, 2019

こんばんは。How are you doing?

I updated my iPad Air 3 to the iPad OS 13.1 today, and I have to say it’s a bit nicer! I like the Today View thingie on the home screen, the smaller icons, and the automatic dark mode. Pretty cool!

I watched a video on YouTube about the update, and there were so many ways to move between screens and Safari windows that it boggled my mind. Maybe I am just old, but it was total information overload – I’m actually grateful that I will never need to remember all these shortcuts（which don’t seem all that intuitive).

I’m pretty simple. Just let me listen to Spotify, draw in Procreate, or take notes in GoodNotes and I’m happy.

またね～