I finished this a couple of days ago (and would have finished it sooner) but I recieved some bad news last week and have been rather melancholy since. I ended up sulking quite a bit and avoiding all the good habits I've been working on lately. I'm slowly pulling myself out of my stupor and just have to remind myself that it's okay to have big feelings and that I have time to work through my problems and make things better. The first thing I thought of when I saw the "Salty " prompt for Inktober was the Salty websight/newsletter that I follow on Instagram. In their own words, Salty is the "newsletter passing the mic directly to women, trans, and nonbinary people to tell their own stories in their own voices." Please take a look at their page @salty.world and sign up for their newsletter at https://saltyworld.net So, I took a look through their recent posts thinking I would make an illustration based off of one of their articles. Once I found the perfect one (a post on October 4th) I looked through images of drag queens until I stumbled upon this gem of a photo and decided it was perfect. Of course, it took me significantly longer to make than I thought it would, despite the basic composition. At first, I couldn't get the proportions of the body quite right, then I couldn't stick with one style of shading, and ultimately I made the decision to draw nearly every hair individually. Which looks fantastic! But also took an insane amount of patience and time (if you think my dot paintings take patience, it might surprise you to hear that this drawing took even more 🤣) #inktober #inktoberprompts #inktober2022 #salty #saltyworld #dragqueen #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq🌈 #nonbinaryartist #queerartist #inkdrawing #inking #illustration #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJph2IPZsg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
