A Work in Progress

A sketchbook for the projects I am working on

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I recorded this for a YouTube video so I'll be uploading that to my channel, Aldo Ink at some point in the future, along with a cleaned up version of this drawing. It was a lot of fun, but I think I could have done better, so I might give it another go with the other side. I'm surprised how little I had to change my style to get it to match up with my face's proportions, but it's a bit of a blend between the two. #toonme #toonmechallenge #feraldoodle #aldoink #selfie #nofilter https://www.instagram.com/p/B76xJbjAUlA/?igshid=gcp9jnpk74es

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It's me, except I'm an old man, because I haven't got enough out of this "I'm 30, so I'm old now" bit that wasn't really funny in the first place. I really enjoyed drawing this, because it feels like all I've done for the past two months is monochromatic drawings, and today I got to do something in full colour. And then crap all over that by converting it into another monochromatic drawing. Whoo. I also recorded this thing, and turned it into a video, so head over to YouTube, search Aldo Ink, subscribe to my channel, like all my videos DON'T WATCH THEM. Definitely don't watch them with the sound on. Turn the sound off, enjoy the art, do not listen to the stuff I say. #feraldoodle #aldoink #huevember #krita #art #drawing #illustration #selfportrait #ageup https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gkVP3gE64/?igshid=jv2b6uq59a5c

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Huevember is done. I wasn't as prepared as I wanted to be, but with all of the issues I had with my hand, it couldn't really be helped at times. The important thing is that I managed to finish. Hopefully it's not too noticeable that the entries were rushed. I did notice a lot of rough areas, since I had to skip the cleanup stage, but at this resolution, I don't think it makes too much of a difference. Huevember feels kind of solitary compared to Inktober. I don't know if it's because fewer people do it, or because everyone seems to be doing their own thing, or if it's because I didn't really engage with anyone else taking the challenge. It's probably that last one. Anyway, I hope anyone who took part in Huevember got what they wanted out of the challenge, and thanks to all of the artists who inspired me to draw them. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5giPGRgYLv/?igshid=mtmur9jh77ct

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Huevember Day 30: Xabio Arts I found @xabioarts through a collaboration between Jazza and Mark Crilley. How did he change the course of history and become part of that collaboration? Nobody knows... Except Xabio Arts. And possibly anyone who watched that video. Also anyone who knows how to edit a video. I'm done. I lost a bit of my sanity trying to do 20+ of these in the space of three days. I'm never doing this again. Except I'm not in a position to promise that, so we'll see what happens. This hue is between cyan and capri (aka sky blue), and can be found at 132° if you want to use this specific hue in your own art. #huevember #day30 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #cyan #capri #blue #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5fS1OkgJVN/?igshid=es0wcjhwmfwf

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Huevember Day 29: Dina Norlund I've been aware of @dinanorlund for a while, but I've only recently gotten into her videos. Fun fact: I drew the majority of my sketches for this project while watching her videos, including this one. I really like cyan. It's not necessarily the best colour for rendering a human, but it's such a nice colour to work with. Its inverse is red, so it was easier to suggest flesh tones than any of the greens. This hue is cyan. Which I've already said. It can be found at 180° on the colour wheel. #huevember #day29 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #cyan #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dN8xJj0vB/?igshid=k2zkr2ljyzop

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Huevember Day 28: Aldo Ink @feraldoodle is an artist I know. Coincidentally, the 28th was his birthday, so it seemed like the most appropriate day for this entry. His channel is... ...Not doing great. But he seems pretty okay with that. This was really easy to shade compared to the others. I guess I have more practice drawing this face than any others. Weird. This hue can be found at 168° on the digital colour wheel. It's a colour between aquamarine and cyan. I thought it would look less green. #huevember #day28 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #green #aquamarine #cyan #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dNBVmDM5c/?igshid=brx6faain9p4

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Huevember Day 27: HulloAlice @hulloalice is one of the first artists I found on YouTube. I saw one of her three marker challenge videos when I first discovered the challenge, and was immediately impressed by what I was seeing. This one was a bit of a challenge because I had to decide what to do with the hair. The hairstyle on Alice's avatar isn't what I'm used to seeing in videos, so I didn't know how far to deviate from it. This colour is between spring green and aquamarine, and can be found at 156° on a digital colour wheel. #huevember #day27 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #green #springgreen #aquamarine #cyan #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dLb-uDrNh/?igshid=1n9y51mooo33a

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Huevember Day 26: Chloe Rose Art @artofchloerose is not an unboxing channel. I repeat: NOT an unboxing channel. That is all I am going to say. (I found her before the unboxings btw) I know this is more or less her favourite colour (unless I haven't been paying attention), so this was about the only green I immediately assigned to someone. It was about as difficult to work with as any of the other greens. This hue is a colour between erin and spring green, and can be found at 144° on the colour wheel. #huevember #day26 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #green #erin #springgreen #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dKQIIjBk6/?igshid=ibzc757xnxr3

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Huevember Day 25: Danica Sills @danica.sills is another artist I think i subscribed to and rediscovered at a later date. I found her again last year while I was recovering from shoulder pain, and I'm pretty sure it was her videos that introduced me to the concept of using a heat gun or hairdryer to dry watercolour paintings quicker. I didn't use Danica's YouTube avatar for this one, so I combined the pose from another icon with her appearance in her videos. It was very slightly easier to suggest red with this hue, because the inverse of this hue is more red-biased than blue. This hue is at 132° on the digital wheel, and is a hue between green and erin #huevember #day25 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #green #erin #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dJDM-grPW/?igshid=1636od2nf3jib

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Huevember Day 24: Nadiaxel @nadiaxelart is an artist I recently started watching, so I haven't seen a lot of her videos yet in comparison to the other artists on the list. This is one of the entries I didn't use the YouTube avatar as the basis for, but instead the channel art. It was interesting trying to translate that into my style, and create a fair likeness of the artist at the same time. Also, have I mentioned that I don't like using green for portraits? This colour is pure green. It can be found at 120° on the digital colour wheel. It is the colour I tell people is my favourite, because lime is too specific and open to interpretation. #huevember #day24 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #green #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dHsAqgh6s/?igshid=1bhh813l16hdo

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Huevember Day 23: SuperRaeDizzle I saw a lot of @rae_dizzle_ tutorials before I really started following her properly, so the first video I remember watching was the one where she used every pencil she owned. I like how informal her video demonstrations are compared to other tutorials. Have I mentioned how much I hate green for portraits? Trying to trick a brain into thinking grey is another colour is only good for skin tones when that colour is red or orange. Purple is not a convincing skin tone for a living person. This hue is 108° on the colour wheel, and is a hue between harlequin and green. #huevember #day23 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #green #harlequin #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #krita https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dGSEhASsF/?igshid=1vubouojgnga7

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Huevember Day 22: Kirsty Partridge Art If you've noticed the pattern so far, this will not surprise you. I can't remember how I found @kirstysart. It may have been when I was figuring out the best type of pencils to by, but I mostly know her for being good with pencils. As I've already mentioned, green is the colour I feel least confident with. Some of these hues are more yellow biased, and some are cyan, so the complementary colours range from purple to red, so it's difficult to suggest skin tones by using grey. This hue is between chartreuse green and harlequin, and can be found on the digital colour wheel at 96° #huevember #day19 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #yellow #lime #chartreuse #green #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #hue https://www.instagram.com/p/B5dE2P-g-PO/?igshid=1clxknwn672s1

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I didn't save day 23 to my phone, and I want to post these all in order, so I'm temporarily posting this early and will archive it when I can get back to my computer tomorrow do the actual post. Today is my 30th birthday, so it seemed like a wasted opportunity not to draw myself for day 28. So I'm just going to ignore the fact that I screwed this up and pretend that I've posted this on the right day tomorrow. #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ar3OIjnOH/?igshid=1xeu5che9ybty

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Huevember Day 22: Kirsty Partridge Art If you've noticed the pattern so far, this will not surprise you. I can't remember how I found @kirstysart. It may have been when I was figuring out the best type of pencils to by, but I mostly know her for being good with pencils. As I've already mentioned, green is the colour I feel least confident with. Some of these hues are more yellow biased, and some are cyan, so the complementary colours range from purple to red, so it's difficult to suggest skin tones by using grey. This hue is between chartreuse green and harlequin, and can be found on the digital colour wheel at 96° #huevember #day19 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #yellow #lime #chartreuse #green #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #hue https://www.instagram.com/p/B5aq3R2DSxF/?igshid=19fdhc2n88m4c

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Huevember Day 21: KaseyGolden I can't remember if I first found @KaseyTheGolden through her cactus paintijgs, or her Pokemon from memory drawings, or the teeny weeny challenge, but she's one of the YouTubers I more regularly follow. I am envious of how clean her art and art style are. When I was planning this out, I was going to go with the same blue she uses in her avatar, and my brain can't disassociate gold with her, so since I had to juggle some of the hues around, I went with the colour closest to sap green. Which is sort of in between blue and gold. Hooray. This is a hue between lime and chartreuse. It's found at 84° on the digital colour wheel. #huevember #day19 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #yellow #lime #chartreuse #green #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #hue https://www.instagram.com/p/B5an8ObDA6_/?igshid=1a6qaukknaxfv

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Huevember Day 20: JelArts @jelarts is yet another artist I can't remember first finding, but I remember her video on imposter syndrome being the first video of hers I real remember. For a long time, I only had her avatar to go by, but since I've been trying to match these somewhat to how each artist looks in real life, I drew her with longer hair. This is actually my favourite colour, but yellows and greens aren't the most appealing colours for portraits, so this is way out of my comfort zone. This is a hue between yellow and lime. It's found at 72° on the digital colour wheel. #huevember #day19 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #yellow #lime #green #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #hue https://www.instagram.com/p/B5amTn3D5XK/?igshid=1s29iphuh1lhj

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Huevember Day 20: JelArts @jelarts is yet another artist I can't remember first finding, but I remember her video on imposter syndrome being the first video of hers I real remember. For a long time, I only had her avatar to go by, but since I've been trying to match these somewhat to how each artist looks in real life, I drew her with longer hair. This is actually my favourite colour, but yellows and greens aren't the most appealing colours for portraits, so this is way out of my comfort zone. This is a hue between yellow and lime. It's found at 72° on the digital colour wheel. #huevember #day19 #hue #colour #art #drawing #portrait #digitalart #illustration #cartoon #caricature #yellow #lime #green #feraldoodle #aldoink #feralhuedle #hue https://www.instagram.com/p/B5amTn3D5XK/?igshid=1s29iphuh1lhj