Inktober #31 - Freya Erelong, the good-looking tomb raider

It would have just been remiss of me not to pay homage with such an array of random details coming together so fittingly.

And that's Inktober successfully completed!

Inktober #30 - Orchid Gimble, the lazy housebreaker

I had intended to avoid doing too many 'scenes' which might detract from the character but just didn't feel inspired enough with this woman, so stock burglar she becomes.

Nearly there!

Inktober #29 - Ogden Stoker, the feared baker

Doodled this fellow while watching The Death of Stalin, and I wonder if there's just the hint of a sneering Jason Isaacs there...

Inktober #28 - Wendy Dankworth, the sinewy innkeeper

Another 'meh' one - nothing much more exciting than a skinny inn/barkeeper.

Inktober #27 - Redmaine Gastrell, the lanky musician

Oh, these rock 'n rollers, raging against having so much money, but that person having more...

Inktober #26 - Faustus Tumbler, the pudgy hedge wizard

It is interesting what one learns about one's subconscious thought processes and concepts. Evidently my internal idea of 'exotic' is New Zealand and dressing gowns...

Inktober #25 - Odette Beetleman, the wrinkled raider

I've drawn viking-esque raiders before, but I have never considered doing an elderly viking. Boat = slightly pushed out.

Inktober #24 - Hippolyta Grimeson, the eccentric alchemist

Gah, again a messed up inking - not sure what that bulge at her right elbow is meant to be...

Inktober #23 - Sybil Villin, the wise-cracking smuggler

Quite happy with the top half here, but messed it up below the elbows. Live and learn, and more care to be taken in the future.

Inktober #22 - Chadwick Rothery, the sunburnt knight

I liked the concept for this fellow, but not entirely satisfied with the execution. The hands look awkward and of two different sizes, and I don't think his face gives the impression of sunburn so much as 'run over by a bicycle'.

Inktober #21 - Basil Barrow, the stuck-up blackmailer

Fairly uninspired, this one - very much a 'quick, let's get today's done' sketch.

Inktober #20 - Reinhold De Rippe, the garish trader.

Still working out how to do 'garish' in black and white...

And I completely omitted any other physical characteristics.

Inktober #19 - Sila Hovel, the scandalous farmer

Argh, smudged again!

Inktober #18 - Mortimer Crumpling, the neighbourhood guard

I regret doing a dull goblet for the livery, now - definitely should have done something to hint at his gardening sensibilities.

Inktober #17 - Percival Dunlow, the decadent painter

I don't know, how do you make some fashionable other than giving them a cravat?

Inktober #16 - Barbara Slee, the paranoid slave to misfortune

And this could have been a tribute to Rincewind...

Inktober #15 - Clover Droll, the ruthless bureaucrat

It's the quiet ones in the corner you've got to watch out for.

And now, reading Guards! Guards! again for the first time in a years, I feel a missed opportunity to pay homage to dear Lupine Wonse...

Inktober #14 - Alma Oblington, the hideous pilgrim

Not that I believe a monobrow a hideous person makes...

Inktober #13 - Zora Digworthy, the stubborn street performer

Not particularly happy with this one - some bangles do not a street performer make. Why is she casting magic while juggling one-handed? The cloud is pretty ineffective, and I royally screwed up her left arm. The hand is hideous, and the tattoos were a desperate attempt to cover up the arm's original outlines.

Chalk this one up to experience.

Inktober #12 - Strafford Portendorfer, the exotic bandit

Definitely need more practice on exaggerated poses. As far as a randomly generated character can be themed, this chap worked out pretty well: exotic accent, exotic clothing, an exile spouting quaint sayings.

And looking at it now, it seems that when prompted by 'exotic accent' my subconscious jumps to Murray from Flight of the Conchords...

Inktober #11 - Tenpiece Tarwater, the amorous forager

Much happier than with one than yesterday's effort. The generated info slotted together well in my head: a squeaky yet hoarse-voiced forager, so desperate for love that he needs a number of partners. A boor, but persistent.

Probably shouldn't have tried hatching his face and hand - I think there was enough depth shown in the rest of the clothes (though his right arm could possibly have done with more hatching).

Inktober #10 - Constance Relish, the corpulent butcher

Still working on hatching, and need to learn how to do dreadlocks... And that cleaver-wielding arm needs to come out a lot further from the body.

And note to self - this ink can smudge easily.

Ugh, wish I could be happy with this one, but I can see so many errors...

Inktober #9 - Bertram Wellbelove, the brutish scholar

I enjoyed this one, mulling over how to draw a brutish alcoholic scholar with a sense of entitlement, who everyone regards as overeducated.

Inktober #8 - Minerva Nethercoat, the chipper mad prophet

A chipper mad prophet with nothing to lose? That should be fun to slip into a campaign somewhere.

Trying to be brave and stretch myself - forced perspective. Could have gone worse.

Inktober #7 - Olga Skorbeck, the hot-headed gambler

I messed up the background - turns out hatching in a small notebook with a 1.5cm drop from the drawing page doesn't work well.

Inktober #6 - Stilton Silverless, the serene blacksmith

A serene war criminal with a hypnotic voice? Just realised another avenue I could have gone down...

In the interest of taste, perhaps it's for the best that I didn't.

Inktober #5 - Jilly Graveworm, the honest gravedigger

Inktober #4 - Erasmus Knibbs, the suspicious chimney sweep

Not really making use of the random items and combat gear. Light armour and shield would get a bit same-y.

Inktober #3 - Elsbeth Rummage, the scrawny mounteback

Note to self - brush pens take longer to dry in this notebook...

Inktober #2 - Adelaide Southwark, the scheming scrivener

Rubbed out pencil, and just fineliners this time. Think I prefer the looser look you get from using a brush pen.

Inktober #1 - Clovis Stavish, the delicate highwayman

First one up! Not convinced by the initial sketch marks in pen - will probably use pencil going forward.

Inktober 2018

With a homebrew D&D campaign looming, I thought I'd sign mentally myself up for Inktober with a view to a) generating a supply of NPCs to dip into as and when needed and b) get some regular drawing practice in.

I unearthed a little 10cm by 10cm notebook with a few pages of random notes and jottings. Ripped those out so as dedicate it solely to doodling, and set up a title page.

I've recently bought and flicked through Maze Rats - even if anyone is reluctant to try the ruleset, it's worth picking up for the random tables alone. I thought I would use the character generation tables, minus the odd bit of mechanics, to create an NPC a day for this month and draw an accompanying image for use on Roll20.

There, the post is up - I am now committed.