{"id":423,"date":"2022-11-09T00:06:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T00:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/?p=423"},"modified":"2022-11-09T00:06:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T00:06:40","slug":"inktober-is-over-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/?p=423","title":{"rendered":"Inktober is over! Now what?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey All!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am so relieved that Inktober is finally over for 2022. It&#8217;s a fun challenge, but I am always happy when it&#8217;s finished.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inktober-meme-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inktober-meme-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inktober-meme-2.jpg 568w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inktober-meme-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inktober-meme-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Inktober-meme-2-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <br>This year, instead of following the prompts, I worked on just one piece for the entire month. If you haven&#8217;t seen the finished piece, head over to my social media pages and check it out! (@sandra.illustrates) <br><br>So, what have I been up to since then? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Character Designs for a Chapter Book<\/li><li>Sketching the male head <\/li><li>Revising a new Manuscript<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, my daughter and I read a fantastic book by Lindsay Eager called Race to the Bottom of the Sea. A middle grade novel about pirates, treasure, mysteries, and CANDY! Needless to say, this was written for me. <br>I was so inspired that I even decided to design what I thought the characters would look like! Head over to my social media pages to see them (@sandra.illustrates) and check out more work from Lindsay Eager!!     <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindsaymccall\">(@lindsaymccall on Twitter)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_IMG_6282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_IMG_6282.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_IMG_6282.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_IMG_6282-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>A middle grade novel about pirates, treasure, mysteries, and CANDY! Needless to say, this was written for me. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I was designing the characters for the above-mentioned book, I realized something\u2014 I don&#8217;t know how to draw dudes. <br>I totally stink at it. <br>So, before starting the design for the main pirate-dude I figured I needed to practice. After watching some YouTube tutorials on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6i6JDwEwXJI&amp;t=1643s&amp;ab_channel=DavidFinch\">the Loomis Method<\/a> I got to work. I don&#8217;t have a finished male character yet, but here are some of my attempts at using the Loomis Method to create a masculine face: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Facial proportions using the Loomis Method<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not super great yet, but practice makes progress!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last, but not least for this update, is the revision of a manuscript I&#8217;m working on that takes place in the ocean. I just sent that revision to my agent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theseymouragency.com\">(Lynnette Novak at the Seymour Agency)<\/a> and since I&#8217;m hoping to illustrate this one as well as write it, I&#8217;ve done some grayscale practice of underwater landscapes. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/thumbnail_Untitled_Artwork-2-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I followed the tutorial by Phillip Sue called Introduction to Landscapes at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.21-draw.com\/\">21Draw<\/a>, a great place to learn some new illustration skills. 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