Inktober: Days 15-20

Day 15: Weak – Snowdrop

On this day, I was really struggling to draw a face, the angles were just not my friend and they were just a mess. As I was doing this at college, I decided to leave it until I got home and work on something else, even though this would give me the same dilemma as the previous week, potentially battling with the natural light available.

This, however, was not an issue, as when I had gotten home, I was able to power through and finally draw a face that I liked, then I was able to ink it and get a photo whilst there was still a good amount of light available.

This was not the initial flower that I had chosen to do for this prompt, I was originally going to create a daisy, but I believe due to the hassle I found when drawing the faces, I had forgotten the prompt and had unconsciously started drawing the flower, a snowdrop, that my mother had suggested when I had initially started planning the project.

 

Day 16: Angular – Aloe Vera

This piece seems to be quite similar to the ‘Cruel’ character, as their bodies are both wrapped by their plant’s leaves. Because of this, I have decided that this character is ‘Cruels’ sister, but is not evil. Although she has a harsh ‘angular’ appearance, she is a healing character. Like the plant, it has a prickly exterior, but inside, it has the ability to soothe and heal burns.

With the design, I wanted to take advantage of the angular prompt, and experiment with shapes. Although with the face, I have kept to the overall aesthetic of my designs, with the hair, I feel I have unconsciously taken inspiration from a tattoo artist named GreemTattoo on Instagram, who uses bold black in their designs and often has quite blocky and angular style. I do really enjoy the literal approach I have taken from the prompt and have applied to this character.

 

Day 17: Swollen – Bleeding Heart

This was another plant that I had not initially intended to work with, however, when looking at the original plant again, the ‘Gasteria plant’, I did not feel much inspiration in the imagery that I could create from it, so decided to head in a different direction.

Since this flower has a very distinct shape, I decided to have the character facing head-on, as to best show her silhouette, which hopefully makes the plant that she is influenced by, more identifiable. As the heart shape is supposed to look as if it is bleeding (hence the name) I tried to include the drop within the characters anatomy, making the collar bones deeper in a way, and shaping them more like a teardrop.

I imagine this character to be very strong and caring, almost like a mother or big sister type figure. I feel she would be a heart over mind person, she will care and support the other characters, but if something is troubling them, she will go to sort out the problem no matter the extent of the issue, listening to her heart more than her brain.

 

Day 18: Bottle – Baby’s Breath

I LOVED creating the hair for this character. As the flower that I had chosen for this prompt, baby’s breath, can look soft almost like a cotton ball, I wanted to create hair that would resemble this quality. I also decided to keep it black, as it would contrast the white of the flower.

I do see that there are problems within the face, mostly in the eyes, so when refining the pieces later on, I will fix this issue. If it weren’t for this little problem, I think this piece would be one of my favourites, maybe a close second to the ‘Flowing’ character.

I see this character being similar to the Jasmine and Kadupul characters, as she would be quite airy and have a relaxing essence to her like Jasmine, but like Kadupul, she would be beautiful to look upon as she is quite child-like and angelic, untarnished by the world.

 

Day 19: Scorched – Kniphofia

This plant was initially chosen because of its colours, as they usually have a deep red to a yellow gradient from top to bottom, which to me resembled the prompt. Although I could not show this element within my design, (as I am working in black and white during this challenge) I still decided to use this plant as inspiration, as it does have an interesting silhouette.

The finished character almost reminds me of the guards at Buckingham Palace so she could have a similar occupation in her society. As a guard, she could potentially work for the Kadupul character, protecting her from any of the villainous characters.

 

Day 20: Breakable – Brittlebush

This character is quite mysterious in her facial expressions, (not necessarily intended, but I’m going with it) and with the flower placement on her head, it looks more of a hat, so to me, this character could be a detective of some sorts, or a potentially a private investigator. I’ve recently started watching Jessica Jones so this may have been where the idea of occupation came from, even though my character does not resemble Jessica Jones in the slightest.

I feel this character may have the most personality from my creations so far, she makes you question the type of character she is, what is she looking at? What is she thinking about? Who is she? etc. I think she is one of my top 10’s, even though her prompt does not really relate to the backstory I have given her, as I don’t imagine this character being very weak or breakable, as I see her being more strong headed and fierce.