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Inktober

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Have you heard? Today is the first day of Inktober. Jake Parker explains:

It’s a month long appreciation of the art of drawing in ink and the practitioners that embrace that art. To celebrate I’m posting one ink drawing a day for the entire month. No pencils, no water colors, no photoshop, just the unadulterated black and white beauty of thick black ink on crisp white paper. Drawing with ink means commitment. There’s no hemming and hawing as to which pencil line you’re going to use, no sitting on the fence of values, no pussy footing with color. When you make your mark you better mean it. It’s black and white. True or false. On or off. And that’s what Inktober is all about.

Here’s Jake’s first Inktober drawing:

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Where’s yours? Get inking!

  • http://lonedrawnmeteor.wordpress.com/ lonedrawnmeteor

    Hey!
    Did you call Jake “Jeff” because the illustration looks like Jeff Smith’s Bone stuff?
    Just checking!
    Vanelli!

  • http://lonedrawnmeteor.wordpress.com/ lonedrawnmeteor

    Hey!
    Did you call Jake “Jeff” because the illustration looks like Jeff Smith’s Bone stuff?
    Just checking!
    Vanelli!

  • http://www.drawn.ca/contributors/john-martz John Martz

    Oops! Yeah, could be! All fixed, thanks for noticing.

  • http://www.drawn.ca/contributors/john-martz John Martz

    Oops! Yeah, could be! All fixed, thanks for noticing.

  • http://missillustrator.wordpress.com/ MissIllustrator

    This is great! Ink drawing doesn’t get the accolades it truly deserves.

  • http://missillustrator.wordpress.com MissIllustrator

    This is great! Ink drawing doesn’t get the accolades it truly deserves.

  • http://the-ticket.blogspot.com/ electrodad

    Inktober, this is going to be good!

  • http://the-ticket.blogspot.com/ electrodad

    Inktober, this is going to be good!

  • http://www.thegrossuncle.com/ thegrossuncle

    Great lines! Love it, and love the concept.

  • http://www.thegrossuncle.com thegrossuncle

    Great lines! Love it, and love the concept.

  • http://jonasink.blogspot.com/ jonasink

    I love working with ink and draw with it all year not just “inktober”. I think that it helps you self edit and develop a faster confident line.

  • http://jonasink.blogspot.com/ jonasink

    I love working with ink and draw with it all year not just “inktober”. I think that it helps you self edit and develop a faster confident line.