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  • Inktober 3: Bait

    sharp-toothed figure tied up and dangling

    © Lynn Harvey

  • Inktober 2: Mindless

    figure shining torch into empty head

    © Lynn Harvey

  • Inktober 1: Queenie’s Ring

    face with nose ring

    © Lynn Harvey

  • Inktober 2019

    2 plasticine heads and a pen

    Well I know it’s not quite October yet but the Inktober 2019 Prompt List is live!

    Inktober 2019 Prompt list

    Inktober is an inking challenge started by Mr Jake Parker and it is in its tenth year. The “rules” are …

    1) Make a drawing in ink (you can do a pencil under-drawing if you want).

    2) Post it* (on any social media or anywhere!)

    3) Hashtag it with #inktober and #inktober2019

    4) Repeat …. (every day of October or not … as you can manage or so desire.)

    I’m raring to go and so is my character Queenie (at least I think she is).

    Find out more on the official Inktober site … and good luck.

  • Boiled Rabbit

    two plasticine heads and plasticine cat

    How you getting on with that rabbit cartoon? And that boiling line business?

    two plasticine heads and plasticine cat

    “I think I overcooked it. You can definitely over-boil your line. That must be the art. How much to boil. But I found another video tutorial about line boil by an animator called Micah Buzan. It’s very useful. Only now I think I overcoloured the cartoon. Making cartoons is definitely complicated.”

    It does sound like cooking, dear. Seems your rabbit stew is tough and over-seasoned. Whoops!