Thursday, October 17, 2024

Exploring Illustration (inking)

 Hello everyone,

First off, writing continues on Book V of The Legacy Incarnate: Incarnate Truth. Look for more updates on it soon! I'm so glad I went back and rewrote this story from the draft. In August our family went on a trip to Redwoods National Forest in California, and it was a huge inspiration for me for some key parts of the story. Forested mountains + beach = perfection.



I recently read the manga epic Nausicaรค: Of the Valley of the Wind. I had seen the movie multiple times, but finally read the story, and it is magnificent in its scope and message. I've been inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's art style to try my hand at inking some illustrations, so I picked up a set of inking pens and have been having fun in a new sketchbook drawing and inking. Eventually I want to do a side project where I turn a short story or part of a longer story into an inked comic. I did this back in high school for a creative writing class project, and it was a lot of fun!


Thanks for reading, and have a nice day!