Inktober 2018 - group shot

Well, that was fun. I filled up most of my little notebook and have a selection of NPCs to draw upon for a new upcoming campaign. 

Here's a group shot of the 31 individuals:

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.