Inktober’26.26-31 (five pack 34+Adam’s Naval+Desert)

I tumble straight into Callivember as Inktober wraps up. Even though I did all the Inktober pieces in September, I kept busy in (real) October scanning a giant pile of pieces from last year and finishing off prompts from 2018 using a ruling pen. Hopefully I’ll clean them up after the holidays. , I distilled zip to the key components that makes those letter distinctives, the forward slant, the dot, and the long descender. This would have been better done in the computer, but this isn’t Adobe IllustratorTober. , Foundational hand, but merged for dumb. , Gothcized italics with a little flair felt just right for trophy. , I went all in with a raw hake brush for tusk. A few weeks later I discovered I could get even raw-er with a toothbrush. There’s always a cruder instrument out there! , This cookie is fine, but I’m gonna focus on blackletter for Callivember. I hope to come out with a better grasp on that hand, which has always been a challenge. ,, I ended Inktober with flex using a folded…

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