inktober day 1 part 2

 Grendel ipad version.

15 years ago I was all about the dodge and burn, now it's all Autodesk inking pen, and layers of semi opaque stuff, and white highlights.
25 years ago it would have been rotring pens and ink, and lightboxes and whatnot.

Inktober 2025 day 1

 I've been looking at the story of Beowulf, and thinking I could use it to have a theme for each day of Inktober. And I even dug up the first version of Beowulf I ever read, way back in Primary school, in the Janet and John Brave and Bold tales. I remember being confused by the images, and trying to copy one where Beowulf is doing what looks like a Judo throw on Grendel. Anyway. I read it and got stuck on the bit where Grendel carries off 30 warriors (handy number for Inktober).

And I got to thinking how big Grendel would have to be to carry 30 warriors, and so that's where I am.

Big Grendel and the possibility of 30 warriors previously unnamed.

The pens were Staedtler archive liners, and then a wash of DELETER no5 ink, diluted with some LIDL sparkling water as that was all there was to hand.

I've stuck the ipad on charge so I'll do a version in Autodesk Sketch too... later.