At Least It's An Open Grave This Time

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Inktober 2024 day 1 - fude nib fountain pen

Of all my online locations, tumblr is probably the only one I'm not constantly tempted to delete.

I'm trying to add my Inktober pictures to Instagram and I hate the way my grid looks with a deep sadness. I like the way the actual art I did looks in person, why does it look like trash as soon as I take a photo?

When I restarted this little book I went back and drew new versions of the old pictures to see if it looked different. I think I used to use harder lead in my pencils. You can see I didn't even make it past the layout sketch for the bluebell in 2017.

A while ago I dug out a teeny tiny notebook (only 6.5x10.5cm) I'd never finished and started drawing in it. I remember I bought this book in 2017 while in a slump, hoping it would make me want to draw more, which didn't work but I did suddenly feel like using it last year.

The mushrooms are from 2022, but squint at the dates and you'll see there was a 5-year gap between drawing and colouring the lionfish mermaid because I sketched her in 2017.

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